Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.36%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 2.00% or 510.00 points to trade at 26,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) added 1.32% or 83.00 points to end at 6,376.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 1.22% or 230.00 points to 19,160.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which fell 2.54% or 74.00 points to trade at 2,834.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.46% or 34.00 points to end at 1,350.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was down 1.87% or 39.00 points to 2,051.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 253 to 221 and 63 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.12% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 3.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.