Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Biomed and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 2.90% or 56 points to trade at 1985 at the close. Airport City (TA:ARPT) added 2.33% or 101 points to end at 4435 and Amot (TA:AMOT) was up 1.87% or 31 points to 1687 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 10.72% or 3270 points to trade at 27230 in late trade. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 2.78% or 580 points to end at 20300 and Bazan (TA:ORL) shed 1.88% or 2.8 points to 146.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 219 to 168 and 54 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.15% or 0.62 to $53.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.97% or 0.55 to hit $55.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1257.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.69% to 3.6402, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 3.8689.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.82.