Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which rose 6.57% or 1160.0 points to trade at 18810.0 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 2.52% or 580 points to end at 23600 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 2.45% or 115 points to 4815 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 4.08% or 570 points to trade at 13400 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.91% or 750 points to end at 25000 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) shed 1.43% or 0.8 points to 55.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 246 to 145 and 109 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.76% or 0.35 to $45.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.54% or 0.26 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.78 to trade at $1266.12 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.42% to 3.5304, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 3.9565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 97.00.