Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.50%
2022.04.06 19:37
Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.50%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which rose 1.62% or 59.00 points to trade at 3,698.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 0.52% or 80.00 points to end at 15,600.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 0.19% or 50.00 points to 26,310.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 5.15% or 427.00 points to trade at 7,870.00 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) declined 5.00% or 980.00 points to end at 18,620.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 3.62% or 151.00 points to 4,026.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 358 to 132 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.09% or 3.15 to $98.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.81% or 3.00 to hit $103.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.90 to trade at $1,924.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.49% to 3.23, while EUR/ILS rose 0.52% to 3.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 99.54.
