Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which rose 2.02% or 1.0 points to trade at 50.6 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 1.56% or 1090 points to end at 71040 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 1.43% or 30 points to 2128 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.89% or 181 points to trade at 6080 in late trade. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 2.68% or 800 points to end at 29000 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) shed 2.04% or 230 points to 11060.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 244 to 164 and 14 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.42% or 0.21 to $50.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $55.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.94 to trade at $1313.74 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.5122, while EUR/ILS fell 0.16% to 4.2084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 91.66.