Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.68%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.68%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which rose 1.72% or 260.00 points to trade at 15,380.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 1.53% or 1,400.00 points to end at 92,900.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 1.33% or 46.00 points to 3,505.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 4.19% or 520.00 points to trade at 11,890.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) declined 3.33% or 163.00 points to end at 4,735.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 2.39% or 92.00 points to 3,765.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 272 to 203 and 61 ended unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.33% or 46.00 to 3,505.00.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.34% or 0.27 to $79.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $82.75 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 2.55 to trade at $2,041.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.27% to 3.60, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 3.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.93.