Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which rose 4.29% or 880 points to trade at 21410 at the close. Meanwhile, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (TASE:IFF) added 3.23% or 1480 points to end at 47370 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 3.14% or 300 points to 9861 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL), which fell 7.02% or 6.9 points to trade at 91.4 at the close. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) declined 3.99% or 1.7 points to end at 40.9 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was down 3.84% or 162 points to 4060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 213 to 176 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.35% or 0.78 to $34.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.99% or 0.35 to hit $35.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.68% or 29.15 to trade at $1706.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.47% to 3.5093, while EUR/ILS rose 0.28% to 3.8535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.87% at 99.017.