Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.24%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which rose 3.14% or 78.00 points to trade at 2,560.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 1.80% or 470.00 points to end at 26,530.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 1.32% or 650.00 points to 50,050.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 2.43% or 270.00 points to trade at 10,830.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 2.34% or 1,860.00 points to end at 77,630.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 1.88% or 81.00 points to 4,220.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 230 and 67 ended unchanged.

Shares in Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) rose to all time highs; up 1.80% or 470.00 to 26,530.00.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.03% or 0.74 to $72.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.18% or 0.91 to hit $78.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.70% or 34.40 to trade at $2,053.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 102.17.