Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 0.77% or 200 points to trade at 26030 at the close. Mazor Robotics (TA:MZOR) added 0.66% or 70 points to end at 10670 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was up 0.31% or 160.0 points to 52540.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 4.22% or 4800 points to trade at 109000 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 3.74% or 84 points to end at 2164 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) shed 2.94% or 12.1 points to 400.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 349 to 45 and 17 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.62% or 1.81 to $67.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.74% or 2.19 to hit $77.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.13% or 13.80 to trade at $1235.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.6733, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2092.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.72.