Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.24%

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 fell 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:), which rose 3.14% or 78.00 points to trade at 2,560.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Camtek Ltd (TASE:) added 1.80% or 470.00 points to end at 26,530.00 and Nova (TASE:) was up 1.32% or 650.00 points to 50,050.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:), which fell 2.43% or 270.00 points to trade at 10,830.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:) declined 2.34% or 1,860.00 points to end at 77,630.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) was down 1.88% or 81.00 points to 4,220.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 230 and 67 ended unchanged.

Shares in Camtek Ltd (TASE:) rose to all time highs; up 1.80% or 470.00 to 26,530.00.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.03% or 0.74 to $72.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.18% or 0.91 to hit $78.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.70% or 34.40 to trade at $2,053.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 102.17.