Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT), which rose 1.87% or 38 points to trade at 2065 at the close. Meanwhile, Partner (TA:PTNR) added 1.42% or 30 points to end at 2137 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 1.33% or 96 points to 7341 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which fell 3.94% or 43 points to trade at 1047 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.65% or 810 points to end at 29780 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 2.33% or 1350 points to 56650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 219 to 165 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Strauss Group (TA:STRS) rose to all time highs; rising 1.33% or 96 to 7341.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $57.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $62.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 11.60 to trade at $1266.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.27% to 3.4969, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.1362.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.34.