Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which rose 3.05% or 1510 points to trade at 51010 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 2.36% or 810 points to end at 35110 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 1.45% or 28 points to 1963 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 4.85% or 355 points to trade at 6970 in late trade. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 4.50% or 710 points to end at 15060 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 4.15% or 68 points to 1572.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 282 to 132 and 18 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.12% or 1.39 to $64.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.68% or 1.16 to hit $68.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1340.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.62% to 3.4207, while EUR/ILS rose 0.92% to 4.2469.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 88.97.