Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Poalim (TA:POLI), which rose 1.38% or 27 points to trade at 1990 at the close. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 1.00% or 640 points to end at 64510 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 0.81% or 540 points to 66920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 2.42% or 1790 points to trade at 72210 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.27% or 76 points to end at 3270 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 2.15% or 29 points to 1321.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 187 to 152 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.14% or 0.56 to $49.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $50.64 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1214.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.13% to 3.8508, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.2878.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.78.