Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.39% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 2.17% or 196 points to trade at 9211 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) added 1.84% or 860 points to end at 47660 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.73% or 320 points to 18800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical (NYSE:TEVA) Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 6.50% or 462 points to trade at 6648 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.44% or 1720 points to end at 68680 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.79% or 41 points to 2251.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 294 to 115 and 9 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $52.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.79 to trade at $1258.91 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.21% to 3.6066, while EUR/ILS fell 0.61% to 4.2374.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.61.