Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.87% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 1.30% or 11.0 points to trade at 856.0 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 0.63% or 130 points to end at 20730 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.18% or 8 points to 4357 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which lost 3.33% or 114 points to trade at 3311 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 2.63% or 500 points to end at 18540 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) shed 2.09% or 28 points to 1310.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 193 to 143 and 116 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.20% or 0.07 to $35.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.19% or 0.07 to hit $37.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.00% or 12.20 to trade at $1231.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.86% to 3.8156, while EUR/ILS rose 0.72% to 4.3401.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 94.72.