Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.04%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.04% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 3.74% or 1,040.00 points to trade at 28,830.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) added 1.73% or 230.00 points to end at 13,560.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 0.81% or 500.00 points to 61,990.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 4.00% or 193.00 points to trade at 4,634.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 3.49% or 2,580.00 points to end at 71,400.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was down 3.26% or 4,320.00 points to 128,290.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 347 to 105 and 87 ended unchanged.

Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.49% or 2,580.00 to 71,400.00.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.30% or 0.90 to $69.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.03% or 0.75 to hit $73.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 5.25 to trade at $2,603.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.11% to 3.78, while EUR/ILS rose 1.04% to 4.21.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.52.