Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 2.91% or 66 points to trade at 2335 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) added 1.06% or 270 points to end at 25730 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.91% or 57 points to 6290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.98% or 73 points to trade at 2380 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 2.28% or 520.0 points to end at 22240.0 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) shed 1.59% or 850 points to 52460.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 225 to 162 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.46% or 1.22 to $50.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.70% or 0.95 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.44 to trade at $1295.44 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.54% to 3.4920, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.1246.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 93.02.