Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.59%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.59%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ), which rose 1.33% or 108.00 points to trade at 8,222.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT ) added 1.27% or 26.00 points to end at 2,077.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ) was up 1.10% or 700.00 points to 64,300.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE ), which fell 4.07% or 126.00 points to trade at 2,970.00 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF ) declined 2.54% or 400.00 points to end at 15,360.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) was down 2.37% or 2,260.00 points to 93,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 306 to 163 and 68 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.33% or 108.00 to 8,222.00.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $70.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 19.76 to trade at $2,655.26 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.75% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS rose 0.82% to 3.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 107.97.

Source: Investing.com