Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 1.45% or 230 points to trade at 16080 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 0.97% or 64 points to end at 6685 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.95% or 41 points to 4360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 5.77% or 340 points to trade at 5548 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 5.31% or 6100 points to end at 108700 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 4.48% or 1100 points to 23480.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 106 and 129 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.37% or 0.21 to $57.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.09 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.78% or 9.40 to trade at $1212.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.65% to 3.8627, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 4.2405.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.76% at 96.16.