Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.47% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 3.51% or 82 points to trade at 2420 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 3.27% or 1780 points to end at 56200 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 2.44% or 81 points to 3400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 13.18% or 255 points to trade at 1680 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 3.43% or 2150 points to end at 60500 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 3.07% or 44 points to 1391.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 210 to 194 and 13 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.45% or 1.39 to $55.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.55% or 1.61 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.58 to trade at $1279.48 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.5422, while EUR/ILS rose 0.67% to 4.1633.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 93.99.