Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 3.02%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the declined 3.02%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nova (TASE:), which rose 0.90% or 380.00 points to trade at 42,550.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:) added 0.84% or 260.00 points to end at 31,090.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:) was up 0.03% or 20.00 points to 79,000.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:), which fell 6.59% or 63.20 points to trade at 896.00 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:) declined 6.02% or 2,090.00 points to end at 32,600.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:) was down 5.09% or 3,950.00 points to 73,600.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 428 to 47 and 21 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.93% or 0.73 to $79.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.67% or 0.55 to hit $83.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.75 to trade at $1,964.95 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.37% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS rose 1.25% to 4.10.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 101.08.