Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.76% or 109 points to trade at 3008 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 3.01% or 4.5 points to end at 154.1 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 3.00% or 63 points to 2162 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 2.80% or 237 points to trade at 8228 in late trade. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) declined 2.00% or 68 points to end at 3330 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 1.64% or 420 points to 25260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 216 to 173 and 55 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.67% or 0.81 to $47.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.15% or 0.59 to hit $50.76 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.45 to trade at $1205.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.02% to 3.6671, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 3.9046.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.33.