Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Communication and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF), which rose 1.17% or 113 points to trade at 9793 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 1.11% or 790 points to end at 71790 and Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) was up 1.00% or 63 points to 6370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 5.47% or 69 points to trade at 1192 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 3.06% or 66 points to end at 2089 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was down 2.60% or 470 points to 17600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 268 to 193 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.07% or 1.37 to $67.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.15% or 0.80 to hit $70.12 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1905.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.2416, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 3.9661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 89.775.