Israel shares lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.54%

Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.54%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Enlight Ene (TASE:ENLT), which rose 3.41% or 201.00 points to trade at 6,100.00 at the close. Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) added 2.39% or 25.00 points to end at 1,069.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 2.32% or 37.00 points to 1,634.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which lost 13.30% or 9,870.00 points to trade at 64,330.00 in late trade. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 6.12% or 4,660.00 points to end at 71,530.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) shed 4.42% or 1,380.00 points to 29,810.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 245 to 227 and 67 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.51% or 0.35 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $72.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 11.65 to trade at $2,574.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.09% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.07% to 3.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 106.38.