Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 6.23% or 220 points to trade at 3750 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 1.92% or 1400 points to end at 74330 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.72% or 4.2 points to 247.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which fell 1.93% or 690 points to trade at 35150 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) declined 1.67% or 79 points to end at 4651 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 1.14% or 18 points to 1559.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 153 to 153 and 133 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.66% or 0.83 to $49.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.64% or 0.83 to hit $49.82 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.55% or 20.05 to trade at $1272.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.14% to 3.8557, while EUR/ILS fell 0.41% to 4.3465.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 93.95.