Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 2.66% or 520 points to trade at 20050 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.24% or 550 points to end at 25140 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 0.98% or 66 points to 6820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 5.04% or 970 points to trade at 18290 at the close. Matrix (TASE:MTRX) declined 2.92% or 240 points to end at 7990 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 2.82% or 36 points to 1240.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 227 to 168 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.21% or 0.87 to $40.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.75% or 0.73 to hit $42.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.77% or 34.05 to trade at $1894.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.11% to 3.3920, while EUR/ILS fell 0.54% to 3.9808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 93.567.