Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 3.09% or 7.1 points to trade at 237.0 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.94% or 172 points to end at 6015 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.71% or 34 points to 1289 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 0.50% or 100 points to trade at 20050 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 0.06% or 10 points to end at 16200 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) gained 0.07% or 1 points to 1361.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 228 to 101 and 117 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.60% or 0.77 to $48.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.30% or 0.63 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.36% or 17.05 to trade at $1234.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.8510, while EUR/ILS fell 0.85% to 4.2981.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 95.48.