Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 3.56% or 450 points to trade at 13100 at the close. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) added 2.37% or 1.1 points to end at 47.5 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 1.47% or 34 points to 2346 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 3.60% or 155 points to trade at 4155 in late trade. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 2.96% or 860 points to end at 28240 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) shed 1.72% or 390.0 points to 22260.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 211 to 194 and 12 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $57.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.42% or 0.27 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 6.91 to trade at $1274.69 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.5180, while EUR/ILS rose 0.02% to 4.0710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.97.