Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.53% or 480 points to trade at 19440 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.75% or 64 points to end at 3719 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.44% or 500 points to 35280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN), which fell 2.78% or 135 points to trade at 4715 at the close. Avner L (TA:AVNRp) declined 2.29% or 5.7 points to end at 243.3 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 1.98% or 26 points to 1286.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 172 to 169 and 106 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.92% or 1.35 to $44.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.34% or 1.13 to hit $47.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.25 to trade at $1328.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.7846, while EUR/ILS rose 0.52% to 4.2542.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.36.