Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 2.00% or 55 points to trade at 2800 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) added 1.58% or 370 points to end at 23730 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 1.18% or 0.5 points to 42.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 8.29% or 121 points to trade at 1338 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 1.85% or 3.0 points to end at 159.0 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was down 1.67% or 880 points to 51840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 231 to 170 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.66% or 0.48 to $72.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.57% or 1.24 to hit $80.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1291.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.5618, while EUR/ILS fell 0.51% to 4.1943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.50.