Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which rose 7.81% or 1290 points to trade at 17800 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 6.19% or 4430 points to end at 75990 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 2.36% or 470 points to 20410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp), which fell 5.93% or 24 points to trade at 386 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 4.18% or 311 points to end at 7125 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was down 3.85% or 96 points to 2396.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 214 to 170 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.19% or 4430 to 75990.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.21% or 0.09 to $42.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 1.03% or 20.90 to trade at $2058.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.4055, while EUR/ILS rose 0.23% to 4.0430.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 92.778.