Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TASE:MLSR), which rose 1.34% or 300 points to trade at 22700 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) added 0.74% or 200 points to end at 27130 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was up 0.55% or 60 points to 10950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1), which fell 3.50% or 77 points to trade at 2125 at the close. Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) declined 2.75% or 490 points to end at 17360 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) was down 2.43% or 1.5 points to 60.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 308 to 82 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melisron (TASE:MLSR) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.34% or 300 to 22700.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.23% or 0.13 to $56.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $60.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.09% or 15.95 to trade at $1485.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.4844, while EUR/ILS rose 0.42% to 3.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 97.635.