Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN), which rose 3.73% or 334.00 points to trade at 9,298.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 2.25% or 27.00 points to end at 1,227.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was up 1.59% or 59.00 points to 3,764.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 10.43% or 8,440.00 points to trade at 72,500.00 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) declined 2.11% or 1,640.00 points to end at 76,050.00 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was down 2.06% or 62.00 points to 2,946.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 255 to 194 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.79% or 1.42 to $80.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.34% or 1.12 to hit $84.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 7.95 to trade at $1,920.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.79, while EUR/ILS rose 0.55% to 4.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.21.