Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 1.61% or 55.00 points to trade at 3,475.00 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) added 1.23% or 490.00 points to end at 40,200.00 and Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) was up 0.53% or 70.00 points to 13,160.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nova (TASE:NVMI), which lost 7.24% or 5,840.00 points to trade at 74,800.00 in late trade. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 5.33% or 1,760.00 points to end at 31,230.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) shed 2.66% or 24.50 points to 897.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 148 and 102 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 4.12% or 3.03 to $70.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 4.57% or 3.54 to hit $73.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 17.05 to trade at $2,510.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.07% to 3.69, while EUR/ILS rose 0.79% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 101.74.