Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.07% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.84% or 540 points to trade at 19550 at the close. Meanwhile, Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.62% or 10.2 points to end at 638.8 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 1.40% or 19 points to 1380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 3.56% or 710 points to trade at 19240 at the close. First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) declined 1.95% or 94 points to end at 4736 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 1.92% or 680 points to 34790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 178 to 148 and 121 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.03% or 0.49 to $48.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.69% or 8.85 to trade at $1283.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.8151, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 4.3250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.39.