Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 1.66% or 980 points to trade at 59900 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 1.58% or 400 points to end at 25790 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 1.56% or 22 points to 1430 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 6.61% or 249 points to trade at 3520 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 4.58% or 710 points to end at 14790 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 3.49% or 1110 points to 30740.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 206 to 128 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.27% or 0.12 to $45.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $46.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.45 to trade at $1284.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.31% to 3.7998, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 4.1985.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 97.72.