Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.69% or 370 points to trade at 14120 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.38% or 1220 points to end at 52450 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 1.92% or 590 points to 31320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which lost 2.13% or 3.6 points to trade at 165.6 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.96% or 36 points to end at 1801 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) shed 1.53% or 54 points to 3478.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 225 to 168 and 29 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.43% or 0.25 to $57.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.29% or 0.19 to hit $64.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.00 to trade at $1239.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.54% to 3.5494, while EUR/ILS rose 0.18% to 4.1627.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 94.14.