Israel shares higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.25%

Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.25%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 2.76% or 2,100.00 points to trade at 78,100.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 1.89% or 8.00 points to end at 430.50 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI) was up 1.88% or 66.00 points to 3,579.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which lost 2.91% or 45.00 points to trade at 1,500.00 in late trade. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 2.58% or 2,020.00 points to end at 76,380.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) shed 2.38% or 1,560.00 points to 64,000.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 267 to 182 and 91 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.54% or 3.50 to $73.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.39% or 3.55 to hit $77.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.90% or 24.05 to trade at $2,641.95 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.62% to 3.77, while EUR/ILS fell 0.70% to 4.13.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.33.