Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.76% or 87 points to trade at 2400 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 1.22% or 160 points to end at 13240 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 0.93% or 240 points to 26100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 4.80% or 31.1 points to trade at 616.9 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.17% or 73 points to end at 3284 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 1.69% or 32 points to 1866.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 243 to 154 and 103 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.11% or 1.38 to $43.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.84% or 1.33 to hit $45.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.37 to trade at $1244.33 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.69% to 3.5510, while EUR/ILS rose 0.48% to 3.9505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.48.