Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 4.54% or 1,340.00 points to trade at 30,840.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 3.07% or 138.00 points to end at 4,640.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.88% or 142.00 points to 7,712.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which lost 4.94% or 3,350.00 points to trade at 64,500.00 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 4.86% or 940.00 points to end at 18,390.00 and Enlight Ene (TASE:ENLT) shed 3.53% or 207.00 points to 5,664.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 310 to 150 and 77 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.29% or 0.91 to $69.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.55% or 0.40 to hit $72.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.91% or 50.75 to trade at $2,602.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.44% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 1.71% to 3.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.00.