Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.36%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication , Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ), which rose 2.00% or 510.00 points to trade at 26,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT ) added 1.32% or 83.00 points to end at 6,376.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ) was up 1.22% or 230.00 points to 19,160.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN ), which fell 2.54% or 74.00 points to trade at 2,834.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ) declined 2.46% or 34.00 points to end at 1,350.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT ) was down 1.87% or 39.00 points to 2,051.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 253 to 221 and 63 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.12% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 3.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.

Source: Investing.com