Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 0.85% or 12 points to trade at 1418 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) added 0.74% or 15 points to end at 2041 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 0.60% or 390 points to 65480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International (TA:FTIN), which lost 1.96% or 97 points to trade at 4853 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 1.76% or 70 points to end at 3900 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) shed 1.59% or 280 points to 17280.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 199 to 151 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.52% or 0.24 to $45.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $48.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.75 to trade at $1352.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.7855, while EUR/ILS rose 0.39% to 4.2625.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 94.96.