Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Nice (TA:NICE), which rose 1.79% or 420 points to trade at 23890 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 1.49% or 500 points to end at 34050 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.44% or 220 points to 15490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 3.27% or 750 points to trade at 22180 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.90% or 1030 points to end at 53170 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 1.75% or 1160 points to 65040.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 183 to 156 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.88% or 1.07 to $36.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.58% or 1.02 to hit $38.51 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.83% or 10.30 to trade at $1234.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.15% to 3.8988, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 4.3329.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 96.60.