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 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 4.12% or 202.00 points to trade at 5,106.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 0.90% or 57.00 points to end at 6,357.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) was up 0.09% or 40.00 points to 43,980.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 4.46% or 202.00 points to trade at 4,330.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 4.01% or 78.00 points to end at 1,867.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 3.71% or 2,310.00 points to 59,990.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 340 to 108 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.71% or 2,310.00 to 59,990.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.46 to $81.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.56 to hit $85.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.28% or 30.05 to trade at $2,376.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 3.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 105.12.