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 25 declined 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Isramco L (TA:ISRAp), which rose 0.91% or 0.6 points to trade at 66.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 0.63% or 220 points to end at 35370 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 0.58% or 35 points to 6108 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 2.24% or 1350 points to trade at 59030 at the close. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 2.14% or 29 points to end at 1326 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 1.81% or 12.0 points to 650.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 188 to 142 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 4.27% or 2.09 to $46.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.15% or 2.08 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.75 to trade at $1346.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.82% to 3.8845, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 4.3129.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 96.00.