Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 4.46% or 52 points to trade at 1218 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 4.06% or 730 points to end at 18720 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 2.53% or 560 points to 22660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 2.72% or 203 points to trade at 7252 at the close. Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) declined 2.42% or 60 points to end at 2415 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 2.19% or 26 points to 1159.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 252 to 219 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.52% or 0.36 to $69.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $71.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.10 to trade at $1895.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.02% to 3.2441, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 3.9512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 90.045.