Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 1.27% or 750 points to trade at 59990 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 0.56% or 90 points to end at 16200 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 0.39% or 90 points to 23030 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 4.35% or 160 points to trade at 3520 in late trade. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 2.34% or 530 points to end at 22130 and Discount (TA:DSCT) shed 1.97% or 14.4 points to 718.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 177 to 152 and 119 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.32% or 1.02 to $42.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.69% or 0.81 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1167.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.8635, while EUR/ILS fell 0.30% to 4.2698.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 96.91.