Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 1.31% or 6.8 points to trade at 524.0 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.16% or 17 points to end at 1481 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.10% or 700 points to 64300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which lost 2.85% or 1.3 points to trade at 44.3 in late trade. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 2.68% or 860 points to end at 31240 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) shed 2.35% or 680.0 points to 28260.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 235 to 141 and 45 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.36% or 0.22 to $61.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.81% or 0.53 to hit $65.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.17% or 15.90 to trade at $1340.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.4959, while EUR/ILS fell 0.84% to 4.3141.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 89.55.