Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 3.27% or 188.00 points to trade at 5,944.00 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) added 2.02% or 300.00 points to end at 15,120.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 1.50% or 410.00 points to 27,810.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which lost 2.10% or 32.00 points to trade at 1,493.00 in late trade. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 2.03% or 91.00 points to end at 4,399.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) shed 1.78% or 1,360.00 points to 75,200.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 219 and 90 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.26% or 2.24 to $66.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.92% or 2.10 to hit $69.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 4.10 to trade at $2,536.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.04% to 4.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.71.