Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Biomed and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which rose 5.70% or 69.00 points to trade at 1,279.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 2.51% or 86.00 points to end at 3,519.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was up 1.77% or 39.00 points to 2,245.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 4.32% or 40.30 points to trade at 893.00 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 2.91% or 141.00 points to end at 4,711.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 1.69% or 240.00 points to 13,960.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 224 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.93% or 0.92 to $100.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.56% or 0.60 to hit $106.87 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.85 to trade at $1,711.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.18% to 3.44, while EUR/ILS rose 0.80% to 3.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 106.47.