Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 4.54% or 1,340.00 points to trade at 30,840.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 3.07% or 138.00 points to end at 4,640.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.88% or 142.00 points to 7,712.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 4.94% or 3,350.00 points to trade at 64,500.00 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 4.86% or 940.00 points to end at 18,390.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) was down 3.53% or 207.00 points to 5,664.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 310 to 150 and 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.88% or 142.00 to 7,712.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.29% or 0.91 to $69.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.90% or 50.36 to trade at $2,602.94 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.45% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 1.72% to 3.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.00.