Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.94% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.96% or 950 points to trade at 33080 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 1.88% or 270 points to end at 14640 and International (TA:FTIN) was up 1.62% or 90 points to 5658 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 0.41% or 230 points to trade at 56250 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 0.35% or 70 points to end at 20090 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) shed 0.25% or 15 points to 5992.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 235 to 127 and 82 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.24% or 0.66 to $53.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.11% or 0.62 to hit $56.52 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.25 to trade at $1137.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.70% to 3.8481, while EUR/ILS rose 0.72% to 4.0246.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 103.05.