Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which rose 2.01% or 590 points to trade at 29920 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 1.00% or 150 points to end at 15100 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 0.70% or 11 points to 1589 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Osem (TA:OSEM), which fell 2.96% or 249 points to trade at 8171 at the close. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 2.36% or 35 points to end at 1451 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 1.96% or 520 points to 26070.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 224 to 137 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) rose to all time highs; up 2.01% or 590 to 29920.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.12% or 1.62 to $53.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.96% or 1.16 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.58% or 6.90 to trade at $1192.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.85% to 3.9607, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.2235.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.82% at 98.92.