Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which rose 3.41% or 110 points to trade at 3340 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 2.96% or 4380 points to end at 152380 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 2.34% or 870 points to 38000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 2.41% or 2000 points to trade at 81150 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 2.19% or 23 points to end at 1025 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 2.13% or 270 points to 12420.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 281 to 219 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.99% or 1.86 to $91.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.78% or 1.69 to hit $93.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.52% or 28.50 to trade at $1900.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.60% to 3.2078, while EUR/ILS rose 0.51% to 3.6449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.810.