Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 0.60% or 120 points to trade at 20220 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 0.47% or 170 points to end at 36300 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to 8299 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 2.82% or 49 points to trade at 1691 in late trade. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) declined 2.12% or 1260 points to end at 58200 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 2.08% or 1510 points to 71100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 179 to 147 and 123 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.88% or 1.29 to $43.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.31% or 1.06 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.79% or 10.30 to trade at $1285.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.71% to 3.7767, while EUR/ILS rose 0.59% to 4.3495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 92.82.