Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.53% or 480 points to trade at 19440 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.75% or 64 points to end at 3719 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.44% or 500 points to 35280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International (TA:FTIN), which lost 2.78% or 135 points to trade at 4715 in late trade. Avner L (TA:AVNRp) declined 2.29% or 5.7 points to end at 243.3 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.98% or 26 points to 1286.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 172 to 169 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.92% or 1.35 to $44.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.38% or 1.15 to hit $47.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.35 to trade at $1328.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.48% to 3.7849, while EUR/ILS rose 0.52% to 4.2542.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 95.37.