Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.58% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 5.05% or 12.6 points to trade at 262.0 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) added 2.30% or 140 points to end at 6225 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 1.67% or 3.0 points to 182.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1), which lost 2.04% or 44 points to trade at 2115 in late trade. Harel (TA:HARL) declined 1.05% or 29 points to end at 2735 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) shed 1.01% or 30 points to 2955.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 227 to 163 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.25 to $63.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $71.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.13% or 14.55 to trade at $1276.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.5683, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.0281.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.653.