Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT), which rose 1.50% or 51 points to trade at 3449 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 1.47% or 270 points to end at 18660 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) was up 1.37% or 270 points to 19910 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 2.42% or 1850 points to trade at 74700 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.35% or 640 points to end at 26550 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.89% or 48 points to 2485.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 221 to 175 and 16 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.19% or 0.95 to $44.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.43% or 1.12 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.43 to trade at $1248.83 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.5188, while EUR/ILS rose 0.84% to 3.9716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 96.48.