Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.07% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.84% or 540 points to trade at 19550 at the close. Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.62% or 10.2 points to end at 638.8 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 1.40% or 19 points to 1380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which lost 3.56% or 710 points to trade at 19240 in late trade. International (TA:FTIN) declined 1.95% or 94 points to end at 4736 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) shed 1.92% or 680 points to 34790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 148 and 121 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.05% or 0.50 to $48.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.69% or 8.75 to trade at $1282.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.8151, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 4.3250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.39.