Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 3.66% or 540 points to trade at 15290 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 3.55% or 220 points to end at 6410 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was up 1.73% or 11.2 points to 659.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 3.14% or 4600 points to trade at 142100 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 2.93% or 850 points to end at 28120 and Nice (TA:NICE) was down 2.55% or 610 points to 23280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 192 to 147 and 119 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melisron (TA:MLSR) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.66% or 540 to 15290.
Crude Oil for May delivery was down 0.46% or 0.22 to $47.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent Oil for delivery in May fell 1.53% or 0.85 to hit $55.06 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.50 to trade at $1189.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.94% to 3.9165, while EUR/ILS fell 1.31% to 4.2713.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 97.55.