Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.78% or 380 points to trade at 14070 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 1.76% or 105 points to end at 6062 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 1.47% or 600 points to 41450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 5.30% or 690 points to trade at 12340 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 0.80% or 160 points to end at 19890 and Discount (TA:DSCT) shed 0.45% or 3.5 points to 783.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 197 to 155 and 89 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.43% or 0.75 to $53.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.64% or 0.91 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 18.35 to trade at $1214.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.7679, while EUR/ILS rose 0.87% to 4.0718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.98% at 99.44.