Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 8.95% or 327 points to trade at 3980 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 6.89% or 224 points to end at 3474 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 3.44% or 680 points to 20450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 4.58% or 720 points to trade at 14990 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 3.74% or 1310 points to end at 33710 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 0.84% or 210 points to 24900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 173 and 89 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 3.95% or 1.71 to $45.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.56% or 1.58 to hit $46.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.95 to trade at $1223.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.8417, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.1223.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 100.21.