Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 2.52% or 85 points to trade at 3460 at the close. Meanwhile, Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.99% or 15.2 points to end at 779.2 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.80% or 1390 points to 78630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 1.28% or 53 points to trade at 4098 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.19% or 250 points to end at 20700 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was down 1.12% or 160 points to 14070.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 178 to 169 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.80% or 1.79 to $45.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.74% or 1.84 to hit $47.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.45% or 5.30 to trade at $1185.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.8372, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.0739.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 101.25.