Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.23%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS ), which rose 3.27% or 188.00 points to trade at 5,944.00 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI ) added 2.02% or 300.00 points to end at 15,120.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR ) was up 1.50% or 410.00 points to 27,810.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ), which fell 2.10% or 32.00 points to trade at 1,493.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ) declined 2.03% or 91.00 points to end at 4,399.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) was down 1.78% or 1,360.00 points to 75,200.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 230 to 219 and 90 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.22% or 2.21 to $66.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.85% or 2.05 to hit $69.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 4.00 to trade at $2,536.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.09% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.04% to 4.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.71.

Source: Investing.com