Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.46% or 640 points to trade at 26640 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) added 0.57% or 140 points to end at 24760 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was up 0.38% or 60 points to 15850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Osem (TA:OSEM), which lost 3.17% or 253 points to trade at 7734 in late trade. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 3.16% or 186 points to end at 5696 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 2.43% or 370 points to 14880.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 177 to 139 and 131 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.13% or 0.96 to $46.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.36% or 0.68 to hit $50.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.00 to trade at $1091.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.7872, while EUR/ILS rose 0.44% to 4.1514.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.50.