Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.27% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the lost 0.27% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:), which rose 6.79% or 61.70 points to trade at 971.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:) added 2.23% or 420.00 points to end at 19,240.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) was up 1.95% or 56.00 points to 2,932.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Electra Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.27% or 6,980.00 points to trade at 206,700.00 at the close. Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) declined 2.44% or 212.00 points to end at 8,488.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:) was down 2.11% or 50.00 points to 2,323.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 283 to 212 and 32 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.80% or 1.89 to $103.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.76% or 1.89 to hit $105.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 8.46 to trade at $1,872.06 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.35, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.11% to 3.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 103.53.