Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 1.82% or 2000 points to trade at 112100 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.34% or 190 points to end at 14330 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 1.27% or 20 points to 1591 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which lost 2.68% or 420 points to trade at 15250 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.27% or 3000 points to end at 129200 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 2.01% or 280 points to 13660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 183 to 142 and 128 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.00% or 1.59 to $51.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.27% or 1.29 to hit $55.87 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.19% or 13.90 to trade at $1152.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.70% to 3.7953, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 4.1557.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.80% at 97.20.