Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.98% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 2.07% or 14.6 points to trade at 719.7 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.72% or 38 points to end at 2248 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 0.53% or 1.2 points to 228.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 3.57% or 155 points to trade at 4192 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 3.35% or 860 points to end at 24840 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 3.05% or 750 points to 23820.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 202 to 136 and 112 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 7.93% or 3.90 to $45.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 8.82% or 4.78 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.64% or 7.20 to trade at $1139.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.9279, while EUR/ILS rose 0.75% to 4.4361.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 95.45.