Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.42%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.42%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT ), which rose 1.81% or 1,340.00 points to trade at 75,420.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ) added 0.82% or 13.00 points to end at 1,601.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ) was up 0.70% or 32.00 points to 4,588.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT ), which fell 3.66% or 229.00 points to trade at 6,025.00 at the close. Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE ) declined 3.57% or 150.00 points to end at 4,050.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN ) was down 3.41% or 73.00 points to 2,067.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 243 to 206 and 90 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.17% or 2.16 to $70.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.03% or 2.17 to hit $73.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 21.50 to trade at $2,680.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.02% to 3.75, while EUR/ILS rose 0.49% to 4.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 100.92.

Source: Investing.com