Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.04%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.04% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ), which rose 3.74% or 1,040.00 points to trade at 28,830.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS ) added 1.73% or 230.00 points to end at 13,560.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ) was up 0.81% or 500.00 points to 61,990.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ), which fell 4.00% or 193.00 points to trade at 4,634.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) declined 3.49% or 2,580.00 points to end at 71,400.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR ) was down 3.26% or 4,320.00 points to 128,290.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 347 to 105 and 87 ended unchanged.

Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.49% or 2,580.00 to 71,400.00.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.30% or 0.90 to $69.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.03% or 0.75 to hit $73.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 5.25 to trade at $2,603.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.11% to 3.78, while EUR/ILS rose 1.04% to 4.21.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.52.

Source: Investing.com