Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL), which rose 4.33% or 1190 points to trade at 28690 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) added 4.32% or 11 points to end at 275 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was up 3.71% or 52 points to 1452 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 9.41% or 1370 points to trade at 13190 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 4.85% or 362 points to end at 7109 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was down 4.55% or 97 points to 2037.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 213 to 167 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.15% or 0.06 to $40.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $42.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1813.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.4413, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 3.9222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.200.