Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 0.99% or 150.00 points to trade at 15,350.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 0.66% or 45.00 points to end at 6,840.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 0.56% or 450.00 points to 80,700.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which lost 1.89% or 1,560.00 points to trade at 80,950.00 in late trade. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 1.68% or 47.00 points to end at 2,749.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) shed 1.67% or 22.00 points to 1,293.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 218 and 102 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.45% or 1.12 to $76.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.28% or 1.03 to hit $79.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.10 to trade at $2,552.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS rose 0.23% to 4.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.60.