Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 3.32% or 2,340.00 points to trade at 72,730.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 1.80% or 260.00 points to end at 14,700.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.59% or 54.00 points to 3,459.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 5.73% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,036.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) declined 4.82% or 181.00 points to end at 3,575.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was down 4.43% or 1,530.00 points to 32,970.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 334 to 138 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.43% or 1,530.00 to 32,970.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.41% or 1.13 to $81.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.43% or 1.23 to hit $87.35 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 15.35 to trade at $1,927.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.28% to 3.41, while EUR/ILS rose 0.83% to 3.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.85.