Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 2.00% or 55 points to trade at 2800 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) added 1.58% or 370 points to end at 23730 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 1.18% or 0.5 points to 42.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 8.29% or 121 points to trade at 1338 in late trade. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 1.85% or 3.0 points to end at 159.0 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) shed 1.67% or 880 points to 51840.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 170 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.66% or 0.48 to $72.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.57% or 1.24 to hit $80.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1291.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.39% to 3.5615, while EUR/ILS fell 0.51% to 4.1943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.49.