Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.89%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.89%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 2.22% or 1,860.00 points to trade at 85,640.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) added 1.76% or 44.00 points to end at 2,540.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 1.47% or 25.00 points to 1,725.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 3.46% or 156.00 points to trade at 4,350.00 at the close. Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) declined 2.68% or 57.00 points to end at 2,071.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 2.24% or 250.00 points to 10,900.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 241 to 230 and 66 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.46% or 1.10 to $76.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.39% or 1.11 to hit $81.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.75 to trade at $2,020.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.11% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 103.38.