Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.69% or 370 points to trade at 14110 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 2.41% or 48 points to end at 2041 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 2.07% or 40 points to 1970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 3.36% or 360 points to trade at 10340 in late trade. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 2.24% or 80 points to end at 3495 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) shed 1.55% or 9.5 points to 605.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 290 to 128 and 84 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $51.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.94 to trade at $1260.46 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.5906, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.0320.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.90.