Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 4.63% or 13.2 points to trade at 298.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 4.45% or 67 points to end at 1574 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 3.43% or 3800 points to 114700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 2.66% or 420 points to trade at 15370 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 2.39% or 330 points to end at 13490 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 2.13% or 2900 points to 133200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 192 to 148 and 109 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.09% or 0.55 to $50.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.63% or 0.35 to hit $57.01 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1107.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.76% to 3.8011, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.1555.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.76% at 97.44.