Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 3.04% or 78 points to trade at 2648 at the close. Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) added 2.45% or 49 points to end at 2052 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was up 2.21% or 1060 points to 48990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 2.92% or 7.5 points to trade at 249.2 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.02% or 1690 points to end at 82180 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.55% or 15 points to 930.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 210 to 180 and 37 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.28% or 0.79 to $62.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $69.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1293.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.6237, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 4.0576.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.972.