Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.08%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the fell 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the were Shikun & Binui (TASE:), which rose 2.14% or 16.50 points to trade at 789.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:) added 1.81% or 530.00 points to end at 29,830.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:) was up 1.76% or 144.00 points to 8,344.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:), which fell 2.76% or 57.00 points to trade at 2,010.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:) declined 2.71% or 68.00 points to end at 2,442.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:) was down 1.84% or 1,820.00 points to 97,110.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 231 and 36 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $69.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $74.40 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 4.65 to trade at $1,917.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.75% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 102.91.