Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the TA Banks 5, TA Finance and TA-Insurance & Financial Services Index sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI), which rose 2.62% or 136.00 points to trade at 5,330.00 at the close. Leumi (TASE:LUMI) added 2.56% or 129.00 points to end at 5,165.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) was up 2.34% or 62.00 points to 2,715.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 2.23% or 96.00 points to trade at 4,215.00 in late trade. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 1.79% or 2,080.00 points to end at 114,420.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) down 1.67% or 41.00 points to 2,414.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 270 to 193 and 73 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.10% or 1.30 to $60.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.96% or 1.27 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 22.01 to trade at $3,325.69 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.62, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.01% to 4.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 99.06.