Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which rose 2.55% or 950 points to trade at 38150 at the close. Meanwhile, Avner L (TA:AVNRp) added 2.25% or 4.8 points to end at 218.3 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.01% or 37 points to 1877 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 18.96% or 8630 points to trade at 36880 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 2.58% or 560 points to end at 21150 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 0.54% or 3.5 points to 640.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 158 to 146 and 148 ended unchanged.
Shares in Perrigo (TA:PRGO) fell to 3-years lows; down 18.96% or 8630 to 36880.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.06% or 0.88 to $43.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.14% or 0.95 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.25 to trade at $1243.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.12% to 3.7590, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 4.2515.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 94.40.