Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.45%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.45%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 1.61% or 55.00 points to trade at 3,475.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) added 1.23% or 490.00 points to end at 40,200.00 and Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) was up 0.53% or 70.00 points to 13,160.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 7.24% or 5,840.00 points to trade at 74,800.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 5.33% or 1,760.00 points to end at 31,230.00 and Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN) was down 2.66% or 24.50 points to 897.30.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 289 to 148 and 102 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 4.11% or 3.02 to $70.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 4.54% or 3.52 to hit $74.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 17.00 to trade at $2,510.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.06% to 3.69, while EUR/ILS rose 0.81% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 101.73.