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 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 1.27% or 750 points to trade at 59990 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 0.56% or 90 points to end at 16200 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 0.39% or 90 points to 23030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.35% or 160 points to trade at 3520 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 2.34% or 530 points to end at 22130 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 1.97% or 14.4 points to 718.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 177 to 152 and 119 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.25% or 0.99 to $42.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.65% or 0.79 to hit $46.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1167.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.8635, while EUR/ILS fell 0.30% to 4.2698.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.00% at 96.92.