Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.69% or 370 points to trade at 14110 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TA:HARL) added 2.41% or 48 points to end at 2041 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 2.07% or 40 points to 1970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 3.36% or 360 points to trade at 10340 at the close. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 2.24% or 80 points to end at 3495 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.55% or 9.5 points to 605.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 290 to 128 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva (TA:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.36% or 360 to 10340.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $51.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.03 to trade at $1260.37 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.5902, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.0320.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.90.