Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Discount (TA:DSCT), which rose 2.67% or 16.5 points to trade at 635.0 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.31% or 126 points to end at 5582 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.84% or 260 points to 14360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 3.39% or 141 points to trade at 4020 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 2.20% or 470 points to end at 20850 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 1.65% or 390 points to 23270.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 183 to 153 and 116 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.98% or 0.80 to $41.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.24% or 0.96 to hit $43.79 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1256.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.7720, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.2914.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.19.