Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.55% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.43% or 390 points to trade at 16460 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 0.51% or 130 points to end at 25600 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 0.44% or 80 points to 18450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which fell 1.91% or 310 points to trade at 15960 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 1.73% or 60 points to end at 3400 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 1.66% or 950 points to 56250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 210 to 120 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $46.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.17% or 14.90 to trade at $1288.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.41% to 3.8130, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.2104.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 97.89.