Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which rose 2.02% or 1.0 points to trade at 50.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 1.56% or 1090 points to end at 71040 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 1.43% or 30 points to 2128 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 2.89% or 181 points to trade at 6080 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 2.68% or 800 points to end at 29000 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was down 2.04% or 230 points to 11060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 244 to 164 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.42% or 0.21 to $50.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $55.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.91 to trade at $1313.71 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.5123, while EUR/ILS fell 0.17% to 4.2078.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 91.66.