Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.61%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the declined 0.61%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nova (TASE:), which rose 7.20% or 2,790.00 points to trade at 41,520.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Camtek Ltd (TASE:) added 5.52% or 1,200.00 points to end at 22,930.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) was up 2.03% or 188.00 points to 9,452.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.88% or 1,220.00 points to trade at 30,200.00 at the close. Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:) declined 3.86% or 382.00 points to end at 9,518.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:) was down 3.45% or 83.00 points to 2,322.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 247 to 213 and 84 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.89% or 1.42 to $76.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.97% or 1.57 to hit $81.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 9.75 to trade at $1,967.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.84, while EUR/ILS rose 0.52% to 4.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 105.31.