Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.49% or 760 points to trade at 31250 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.75% or 390 points to end at 22700 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.48% or 870 points to 59520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which lost 2.59% or 98 points to trade at 3692 in late trade. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) declined 2.02% or 135 points to end at 6559 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) shed 1.96% or 42 points to 2100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 234 to 174 and 28 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.47% or 0.29 to $62.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $67.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.80 to trade at $1312.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.11% to 3.4436, while EUR/ILS fell 0.45% to 4.1072.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 92.26.