Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.34% or 45 points to trade at 1081 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 4.31% or 1530 points to end at 37000 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 3.34% or 54 points to 1670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 1.06% or 67 points to trade at 6265 in late trade. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 0.93% or 23 points to end at 2450 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) shed 0.75% or 56 points to 7444.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 204 to 175 and 34 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $66.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.19 to hit $71.61 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.30 to trade at $1346.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.5191, while EUR/ILS fell 0.55% to 4.3449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.