Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.22%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.22% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 2.99% or 830.00 points to trade at 28,550.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 2.82% or 2,060.00 points to end at 75,030.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) was up 1.85% or 108.00 points to 5,938.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which fell 3.27% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,863.00 at the close. Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.68% or 21.70 points to end at 788.80 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was down 2.36% or 111.00 points to 4,589.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 256 to 187 and 96 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.00% or 0.70 to $70.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.94% or 0.69 to hit $74.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 7.65 to trade at $2,606.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.11% to 3.78, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.06% to 4.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 100.62.