Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.87% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 1.30% or 11.0 points to trade at 856.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 0.63% or 130 points to end at 20730 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.18% or 8 points to 4357 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which fell 3.33% or 114 points to trade at 3311 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 2.63% or 500 points to end at 18540 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 2.09% or 28 points to 1310.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 193 to 143 and 116 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.25% or 0.09 to $35.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.08 to hit $37.61 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.00% or 12.20 to trade at $1231.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.86% to 3.8156, while EUR/ILS rose 0.72% to 4.3401.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.71.