Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 3.43% or 2,560.00 points to trade at 77,180.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 1.82% or 200.00 points to end at 11,170.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 0.82% or 38.00 points to 4,689.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 3.09% or 32.00 points to trade at 1,002.00 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) declined 2.52% or 360.00 points to end at 13,900.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was down 2.48% or 58.00 points to 2,277.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 271 to 197 and 69 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.07% or 0.76 to $71.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.99% or 0.75 to hit $76.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.65 to trade at $2,038.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.81% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS rose 0.57% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 102.28.