Israeli Stocks Close Lower

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.02%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM): rose 0.99% or 150.00 points to trade at 15,350.00 at the close.
– Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA): added 0.66% or 45.00 points to end at 6,840.00.
– Nova (TASE:NVMI): was up 0.56% or 450.00 points to 80,700.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO): fell 1.89% or 1,560.00 points to trade at 80,950.00.
– OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE): declined 1.68% or 47.00 points to end at 2,749.00.
– Energix (TASE:ENRG): down 1.67% or 22.00 points to 1,293.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 219 to 218, and 102 ended unchanged.

Commodities Performance

• Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.45% or 1.12 to $76.30 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.28% or 1.03 to hit $79.33 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.45 to trade at $2,551.75 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.68.
• EUR/ILS rose 0.23% to 4.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 100.61.