Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.49% or 760 points to trade at 31250 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.75% or 390 points to end at 22700 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.48% or 870 points to 59520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which fell 2.59% or 98 points to trade at 3692 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) declined 2.02% or 135 points to end at 6559 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was down 1.96% or 42 points to 2100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 234 to 174 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.47% or 0.29 to $62.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.90 to trade at $1312.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.11% to 3.4436, while EUR/ILS fell 0.45% to 4.1072.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 92.26.