Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.35%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 2.01% or 106.00 points to trade at 5,387.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 1.20% or 6.50 points to end at 548.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was up 0.86% or 1,100.00 points to 129,200.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1), which fell 2.23% or 84.00 points to trade at 3,691.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) declined 1.71% or 63.00 points to end at 3,625.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) was down 1.70% or 31.00 points to 1,790.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 252 to 226 and 18 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.66% or 1.33 to $78.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.60% or 1.39 to hit $85.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 5.65 to trade at $1,857.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.53, while EUR/ILS rose 0.23% to 3.78.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 103.28.