Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 4.63% or 13.2 points to trade at 298.2 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 4.45% or 67 points to end at 1574 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 3.43% or 3800 points to 114700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which lost 2.66% or 420 points to trade at 15370 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 2.39% or 330 points to end at 13490 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 2.13% or 2900 points to 133200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 192 to 148 and 109 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.09% or 0.55 to $50.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.66% or 0.38 to hit $57.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1107.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.76% to 3.8011, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.1555.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 97.43.