Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.97%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which rose 2.52% or 105.00 points to trade at 4,267.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 1.95% or 2,710.00 points to end at 141,700.00 and Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 1.52% or 91.00 points to 6,063.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 5.17% or 2,310.00 points to trade at 42,350.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 4.24% or 1,030.00 points to end at 23,280.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was down 3.37% or 880.00 points to 25,250.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 278 to 185 and 44 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.78% or 1.39 to $76.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $83.71 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 9.40 to trade at $1,755.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.42, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.12% to 3.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.94.