Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 2.29% or 1,800.00 points to trade at 80,250.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) added 0.48% or 41.00 points to end at 8,575.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 0.43% or 100.00 points to 23,390.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 3.75% or 95.00 points to trade at 2,440.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.20% or 21.80 points to end at 971.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was down 2.17% or 119.00 points to 5,376.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 291 to 179 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.02% or 0.02 to $81.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $85.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.75 to trade at $1,962.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.14% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS rose 0.69% to 4.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 102.38.