Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 4.10% or 820 points to trade at 20820 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 3.20% or 1160 points to end at 37360 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 3.15% or 68 points to 2230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 5.19% or 880 points to trade at 16070 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.75% or 64 points to end at 3586 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 0.74% or 250 points to 33350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 141 and 103 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $49.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $51.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.31% or 3.95 to trade at $1260.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.8264, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 4.1982.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 97.93.