Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.43% or 72 points to trade at 1696 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 1.89% or 7.6 points to end at 409.1 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was up 1.86% or 570.0 points to 31190.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.83% or 500 points to trade at 26750 in late trade. Harel (TA:HARL) declined 1.45% or 40 points to end at 2710 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 0.95% or 500 points to 52350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 216 to 158 and 24 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.94% or 0.64 to $68.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $74.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.10 to trade at $1261.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.51% to 3.6377, while EUR/ILS rose 0.22% to 4.2453.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.18.