Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.63%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.63%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 5.20% or 3,980.00 points to trade at 80,520.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) added 3.45% or 33.10 points to end at 992.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 3.35% or 175.00 points to 5,400.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 2.75% or 19.00 points to trade at 671.00 at the close. Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) declined 2.68% or 82.00 points to end at 2,975.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 2.59% or 71.00 points to 2,674.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 268 to 192 and 31 ended unchanged.

Shares in NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.20% or 3,980.00 to 80,520.00. Shares in OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.59% or 71.00 to 2,674.00.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.77% or 1.29 to $74.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.28% or 0.99 to hit $78.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 14.35 to trade at $1,998.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.43% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS rose 1.00% to 3.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 101.85.