Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.55%
2022.05.01 19:51
© Guy Asayag, TASE PR Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.55%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Real Estate, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 5.04% or 361.00 points to trade at 7,525.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 1.92% or 620.00 points to end at 32,900.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was up 1.68% or 150.00 points to 9,100.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 4.13% or 123.00 points to trade at 2,858.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 4.01% or 1,160.00 points to end at 27,740.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was down 3.91% or 1,070.00 points to 26,270.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 371 to 113 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.19% or 1.25 to $104.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.10% or 1.18 to hit $106.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.60 to trade at $1,896.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.69% to 3.34, while EUR/ILS rose 1.13% to 3.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.23.
