Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.05% or 460 points to trade at 22940 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.72% or 1060 points to end at 62550 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 0.34% or 4 points to 1173 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Discount (TA:DSCT), which fell 3.45% or 25.0 points to trade at 700.6 at the close. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 2.98% or 45 points to end at 1466 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 2.82% or 21.0 points to 725.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 223 to 86 and 136 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.44% or 1.15 to $48.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.49% or 0.75 to hit $51.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1167.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.87% to 3.8679, while EUR/ILS rose 0.95% to 4.3976.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.86.