Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 2.49% or 40 points to trade at 1649 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) added 2.42% or 52 points to end at 2197 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was up 2.36% or 430.0 points to 18680.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.83% or 78 points to trade at 2675 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 2.43% or 530 points to end at 21240 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 2.15% or 1440 points to 65410.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 178 and 48 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $52.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $55.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1289.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.29% to 3.6721, while EUR/ILS rose 0.74% to 3.9288.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 99.71.