Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 0.60% or 120 points to trade at 20220 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 0.47% or 170 points to end at 36300 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to 8299 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which fell 2.82% or 49 points to trade at 1691 at the close. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) declined 2.12% or 1260 points to end at 58200 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 2.08% or 1510 points to 71100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 179 to 147 and 123 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.90% or 1.30 to $43.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.33% or 1.07 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.81% or 10.45 to trade at $1285.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.71% to 3.7767, while EUR/ILS rose 0.58% to 4.3494.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 92.81.