Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 1.45% or 230 points to trade at 16080 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 0.97% or 64 points to end at 6685 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.95% or 41 points to 4360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 5.77% or 340 points to trade at 5548 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 5.31% or 6100 points to end at 108700 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 4.48% or 1100 points to 23480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 106 and 129 ended unchanged.
Shares in Frutarom (TA:FRUT) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.45% or 230 to 16080.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.37% or 0.21 to $57.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.09 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.78% or 9.40 to trade at $1212.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.65% to 3.8627, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 4.2405.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.76% at 96.16.