Israel shares higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.72%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.72% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 3.59% or 1,070.00 points to trade at 30,850.00 at the close. Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) added 2.86% or 4,500.00 points to end at 162,000.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.72% or 99.00 points to 3,740.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which lost 1.51% or 460.00 points to trade at 29,990.00 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 1.24% or 210.00 points to end at 16,690.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) shed 0.88% or 390.00 points to 43,760.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 164 and 69 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.49% or 0.33 to $67.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.58% or 0.41 to hit $70.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 18.70 to trade at $2,774.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.08% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.11% to 4.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.31.