Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 1.30% or 30 points to trade at 2336 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 1.22% or 104 points to end at 8648 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.15% or 75 points to 6585 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 3.22% or 550 points to trade at 16550 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 2.50% or 130 points to end at 5071 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 1.74% or 19 points to 1072.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 182 to 181 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.50% or 130 to 5071.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.50% or 1.89 to $52.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.14% or 1.97 to hit $60.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1279.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.37% to 3.6799, while EUR/ILS fell 0.43% to 4.1792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.002.