Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 12.68% or 97 points to trade at 862 at the close. Meanwhile, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (TASE:IFF) added 5.74% or 2660 points to end at 49010 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 5.62% or 14.5 points to 272.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 6.11% or 840 points to trade at 12900 at the close. Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) declined 5.00% or 1740 points to end at 33060 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 4.51% or 17 points to 367.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 218 to 181 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 6.92% or 1.67 to $25.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.42% or 0.42 to hit $30.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 9.50 to trade at $1707.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.5105, while EUR/ILS rose 0.47% to 3.8087.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 99.987.