Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 1.31% or 6.8 points to trade at 524.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.16% or 17 points to end at 1481 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.10% or 700 points to 64300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which fell 2.85% or 1.3 points to trade at 44.3 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 2.68% or 860 points to end at 31240 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was down 2.35% or 680.0 points to 28260.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 235 to 141 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.36% or 0.22 to $61.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.81% or 0.53 to hit $65.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.17% or 15.90 to trade at $1340.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.4959, while EUR/ILS fell 0.84% to 4.3141.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 89.55.