Israel shares higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.97%

Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Real Estate and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.97%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 4.09% or 32.50 points to trade at 827.50 at the close. Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) added 4.02% or 35.10 points to end at 907.20 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 3.97% or 183.00 points to 4,793.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which lost 2.43% or 700.00 points to trade at 28,080.00 in late trade. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 2.00% or 1,550.00 points to end at 75,940.00 and Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) shed 1.68% or 230.00 points to 13,470.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 141 and 88 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.88% or 1.32 to $71.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.76% or 1.29 to hit $74.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 16.35 to trade at $2,668.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.65% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS fell 0.37% to 4.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 100.31.