Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.54%

© Shutterstock Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.54%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the fell 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nova (TASE:), which rose 3.46% or 2,100.00 points to trade at 62,850.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NICE Ltd (TASE:) added 3.07% or 2,640.00 points to end at 88,740.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:) was up 2.85% or 760.00 points to 27,430.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:), which fell 5.59% or 760.00 points to trade at 12,840.00 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE:) declined 3.02% or 750.00 points to end at 24,100.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:) was down 2.86% or 168.00 points to 5,700.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 307 to 144 and 85 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.69% or 0.54 to $78.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.55% or 0.45 to hit $82.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 18.50 to trade at $2,170.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.04% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS rose 0.92% to 3.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 102.61.