Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 2.23% or 230 points to trade at 10540 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) added 2.12% or 58 points to end at 2794 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 1.83% or 101 points to 5630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which lost 6.94% or 281 points to trade at 3770 in late trade. Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) declined 4.66% or 800 points to end at 16360 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) shed 1.35% or 19.0 points to 1392.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 211 to 161 and 48 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.87% or 0.51 to $59.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $68.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 6.00 to trade at $1277.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.6112, while EUR/ILS rose 0.02% to 4.0340.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 97.785.