Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 5.01% or 242.00 points to trade at 5,072.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 3.59% or 2,340.00 points to end at 67,570.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was up 1.69% or 1,640.00 points to 98,890.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 5.54% or 1,570.00 points to trade at 26,780.00 at the close. Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) declined 2.02% or 4,500.00 points to end at 218,500.00 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was down 1.53% or 440.00 points to 28,400.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 267 to 193 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to all time highs; up 5.01% or 242.00 to 5,072.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.35% or 0.95 to $69.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.20% or 0.88 to hit $72.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.99% or 54.84 to trade at $2,701.86 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.57, while EUR/ILS fell 0.47% to 3.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 106.63.