Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 7.02% or 106 points to trade at 1616 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 4.28% or 97 points to end at 2361 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 2.94% or 1050 points to 36770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 4.20% or 1100 points to trade at 25120 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 2.28% or 2020 points to end at 86760 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was down 1.66% or 330 points to 19500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 238 to 190 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.94% or 1050 to 36770.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.36% or 0.19 to $52.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $55.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.05 to trade at $1853.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.2652, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 3.9708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 90.165.