Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.79%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the declined 0.79%.

The best performers of the session on the were Camtek Ltd (TASE:), which rose 0.98% or 260.00 points to trade at 26,900.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) added 0.56% or 100.00 points to end at 17,890.00 and Harel (TASE:) was up 0.55% or 28.00 points to 5,100.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.89% or 242.00 points to trade at 5,973.00 at the close. Electra Ltd (TASE:) declined 3.43% or 7,500.00 points to end at 211,000.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:) was down 3.32% or 98.00 points to 2,850.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 309 to 144 and 85 ended unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:) rose to all time highs; up 0.55% or 28.00 to 5,100.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.81% or 1.27 to $71.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.47% or 1.08 to hit $74.49 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 33.60 to trade at $2,675.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.56% to 3.60, while EUR/ILS rose 1.07% to 3.78.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 106.68.