Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 0.98% or 27 points to trade at 2779 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 0.62% or 100 points to end at 16150 and First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) was up 0.58% or 31 points to 5392 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 5.65% or 370 points to trade at 6180 at the close. Migdal Insurance (TA:MGDL) declined 3.21% or 15.0 points to end at 452.0 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 2.31% or 16.0 points to 677.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 216 to 127 and 110 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 3.30% or 1.92 to $60.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.44% or 2.15 to hit $64.84 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1176.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.58% to 3.8229, while EUR/ILS fell 1.00% to 4.2988.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.42.