Israeli Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, with losses in the Real Estate, Technology, and Insurance sectors leading shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.81%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT): rose 4.54% or 1,340.00 points to trade at 30,840.00 at the close.
– Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG): added 3.07% or 138.00 points to end at 4,640.00.
– Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA): up 1.88% or 142.00 points to 7,712.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE): fell 4.94% or 3,350.00 points to trade at 64,500.00 at the close.
– Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM): declined 4.86% or 940.00 points to end at 18,390.00.
– Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT): down 3.53% or 207.00 points to 5,664.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 310 to 150, and 77 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) rose to 5-year highs, gaining 1.88% or 142.00 to 7,712.00.

Commodities Update

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.29% or 0.91 to $69.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading:
– Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $73.00 a barrel.
– February Gold Futures contract fell 1.90% or 50.36 to trade at $2,602.94 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• USD/ILS was up 1.45% to 3.65,
• EUR/ILS rose 1.72% to 3.79.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.00.