Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.76% or 87 points to trade at 2400 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 1.22% or 160 points to end at 13240 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 0.93% or 240 points to 26100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 4.80% or 31.1 points to trade at 616.9 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.17% or 73 points to end at 3284 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 1.69% or 32 points to 1866.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 243 to 154 and 103 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.11% or 1.38 to $43.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.84% or 1.33 to hit $45.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.25 to trade at $1244.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.69% to 3.5510, while EUR/ILS rose 0.48% to 3.9505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.48.