Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which rose 2.83% or 550.0 points to trade at 20010.0 at the close. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 1.33% or 780 points to end at 59500 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was up 1.18% or 42 points to 3597 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 2.58% or 360 points to trade at 13590 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.53% or 670 points to end at 25860 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 2.14% or 1640 points to 75100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 239 to 150 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.02% or 0.47 to $46.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.09% or 0.53 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 7.32 to trade at $1241.02 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.5674, while EUR/ILS rose 0.60% to 4.1320.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 94.30.