© Reuters Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.35%
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 lost 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:), which rose 2.01% or 106.00 points to trade at 5,387.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:) added 1.20% or 6.50 points to end at 548.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:) was up 0.86% or 1,100.00 points to 129,200.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:), which fell 2.23% or 84.00 points to trade at 3,691.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:) declined 1.71% or 63.00 points to end at 3,625.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:) was down 1.70% or 31.00 points to 1,790.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 252 to 226 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.66% or 1.33 to $78.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.60% or 1.39 to hit $85.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 5.65 to trade at $1,857.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.53, while EUR/ILS rose 0.23% to 3.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 103.28.