Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.58% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.16% or 10 points to trade at 908 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 0.85% or 170 points to end at 20280 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 0.61% or 15 points to 2455 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which fell 1.99% or 960 points to trade at 47310 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.91% or 23 points to end at 1184 and Shufersal (TA:SAE) was down 1.79% or 47 points to 2580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 210 to 159 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.28% or 0.16 to $56.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.29% or 0.19 to hit $66.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.95 to trade at $1298.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.6136, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.0803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.935.