Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN), which rose 1.47% or 80 points to trade at 5537 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice (TA:NICE) added 0.04% or 10 points to end at 25550 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 0.05% or 40 points to 73430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which fell 2.15% or 700 points to trade at 31820 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.13% or 113 points to end at 5185 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 1.87% or 108 points to 5668.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 221 to 125 and 102 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 4.05% or 1.82 to $43.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.19% or 1.63 to hit $49.39 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.20 to trade at $1108.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.51% to 3.8169, while EUR/ILS rose 0.91% to 4.2222.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.13.