Israel shares higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.64%

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 35 gained 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA: BEZQ ), which rose 9.93% or 23.6 points to trade at 261.2 at the close. Israel Corp (TA: ILCO ) added 2.11% or 1770 points to end at 85720 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA: DSCT ) was up 1.90% or 25.0 points to 1342.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Liveperson (TA: LPSN ), which lost 1.65% or 170 points to trade at 10110 in late trade. Delek Group (TA: DLEKG ) declined 0.67% or 430 points to end at 63870 and OPKO Health Inc (TA: OPK ) shed 0.58% or 5 points to 926.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.57% or 0.37 to $64.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.68% or 0.48 to hit $70.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.50 to trade at $1308.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.06% to 3.5803, while EUR/ILS rose 0.01% to 4.0338.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.607.