Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.20% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 1.99% or 27 points to trade at 1384 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 1.82% or 1510 points to end at 84510 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.81% or 4.6 points to 259.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 1.69% or 59 points to trade at 3423 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.20% or 8.4 points to end at 691.6 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 1.05% or 310 points to 29160.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 156 and 83 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.38% or 0.20 to $52.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $55.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.38% or 16.55 to trade at $1212.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.52% to 3.8099, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 4.0741.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.05% at 100.46.