Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.66% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.23% or 27.8 points to trade at 684.8 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.62% or 1570 points to end at 61550 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.38% or 35 points to 1505 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which lost 2.56% or 155 points to trade at 5907 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.27% or 190 points to end at 14790 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.04% or 42 points to 3994.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 189 to 158 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $48.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.82% or 0.40 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.05 to trade at $1207.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.11% to 3.8672, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.0947.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 101.30.