Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.66% or 185 points to trade at 7140 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 1.00% or 150 points to end at 15220 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 0.86% or 250 points to 29310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kenon Holdings Ltd (TA:KEN), which lost 2.45% or 199.00 points to trade at 7938.00 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.11% or 260 points to end at 23090 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) shed 0.97% or 160 points to 16340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 199 to 155 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.33% or 0.80 to $61.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.72% or 0.47 to hit $65.34 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.10 to trade at $1193.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.51% to 3.8525, while EUR/ILS rose 1.30% to 4.2861.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.43% at 96.14.