Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 3.02% or 2270 points to trade at 77520 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) added 2.76% or 57 points to end at 2120 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was up 2.15% or 400 points to 19040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which fell 3.54% or 224 points to trade at 6112 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 2.16% or 680 points to end at 30770 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) was down 2.15% or 58 points to 2640.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 246 to 203 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.76% or 57 to 2120.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.84% or 0.50 to $60.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.48 to hit $63.76 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 12.35 to trade at $1745.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.2930, while EUR/ILS rose 0.25% to 3.9308.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.920.