Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.15%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Insurance and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.15%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 3.71% or 190.00 points to trade at 5,310.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.30% or 710.00 points to end at 31,600.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 0.99% or 700.00 points to 71,500.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE), which fell 5.82% or 57.60 points to trade at 932.00 at the close. Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 4.88% or 42.20 points to end at 823.00 and Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) was down 4.75% or 500.00 points to 10,030.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 325 to 132 and 33 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.78% or 1.28 to $73.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.64% or 1.25 to hit $77.24 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 5.20 to trade at $1,972.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.15% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS rose 0.92% to 3.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 103.50.