Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 2.52% or 85 points to trade at 3460 at the close. Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.99% or 15.2 points to end at 779.2 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.80% or 1390 points to 78630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 1.28% or 53 points to trade at 4098 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.19% or 250 points to end at 20700 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) shed 1.12% or 160 points to 14070.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 169 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.82% or 1.80 to $45.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.78% or 1.86 to hit $47.35 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.45% or 5.30 to trade at $1185.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.8372, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.0739.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 101.23.