Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 1.96% or 73 points to trade at 3790 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 1.83% or 63 points to end at 3503 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was up 1.55% or 155 points to 10130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS), which fell 6.36% or 603 points to trade at 8878 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 3.79% or 123 points to end at 3125 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was down 2.98% or 64 points to 2086.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 316 to 151 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) rose to all time highs; up 1.55% or 155 to 10130.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.20% or 0.14 to $68.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $71.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.01% or 38.35 to trade at $1871.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.31% to 3.2563, while EUR/ILS fell 0.41% to 3.9470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.70% at 90.532.