Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.69%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.69%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 2.79% or 131.00 points to trade at 4,830.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) added 1.77% or 1,560.00 points to end at 89,700.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 1.00% or 18.00 points to 1,827.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 3.26% or 900.00 points to trade at 26,680.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.04% or 29.00 points to end at 1,393.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) was down 2.01% or 119.00 points to 5,801.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 284 to 180 and 74 ended unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.79% or 131.00 to 4,830.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.12% or 0.77 to $69.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.82% or 0.59 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.43% or 38.91 to trade at $2,757.31 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.12% to 3.58, while EUR/ILS fell 0.22% to 3.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 106.39.