Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which rose 2.07% or 3.9 points to trade at 192.5 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 1.85% or 1900 points to end at 104700 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was up 1.31% or 101 points to 7825 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which lost 4.01% or 268 points to trade at 6421 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.29% or 52 points to end at 2217 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) shed 1.90% or 8.5 points to 440.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 192 and 28 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.26% or 0.18 to $68.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $76.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1216.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.6250, while EUR/ILS rose 0.12% to 4.2453.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.50.