Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 1.15% or 170 points to trade at 14960 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 1.14% or 190 points to end at 16900 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was up 0.96% or 34 points to 3574 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.62% or 220 points to trade at 13330 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.59% or 330 points to end at 20390 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 1.03% or 18 points to 1722.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 198 to 178 and 64 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.40% or 0.73 to $51.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.60% or 0.88 to hit $54.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.05 to trade at $1188.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.8437, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.0709.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 101.71.