Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.46% or 640 points to trade at 26640 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice (TA:NICE) added 0.57% or 140 points to end at 24760 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was up 0.38% or 60 points to 15850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Osem (TA:OSEM), which fell 3.17% or 253 points to trade at 7734 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 3.16% or 186 points to end at 5696 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 2.43% or 370 points to 14880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 177 to 139 and 131 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.13% or 0.96 to $46.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.36% or 0.68 to hit $50.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.00 to trade at $1091.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.7872, while EUR/ILS rose 0.43% to 4.1511.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.51.