Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 1.15% or 170 points to trade at 14960 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 1.14% or 190 points to end at 16900 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was up 0.96% or 34 points to 3574 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 1.62% or 220 points to trade at 13330 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.59% or 330 points to end at 20390 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 1.03% or 18 points to 1722.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 198 to 178 and 64 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.42% or 0.74 to $51.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.62% or 0.89 to hit $54.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.05 to trade at $1188.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.8437, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.0709.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 101.71.