Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Nice (TA:NICE), which rose 1.79% or 420 points to trade at 23890 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 1.49% or 500 points to end at 34050 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.44% or 220 points to 15490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 3.27% or 750 points to trade at 22180 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.90% or 1030 points to end at 53170 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 1.75% or 1160 points to 65040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 183 to 156 and 114 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.88% or 1.07 to $36.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.58% or 1.02 to hit $38.51 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.85% or 10.60 to trade at $1234.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.15% to 3.8988, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 4.3329.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.59.