Market Overview

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate, and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.04%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Harel (TASE:HARL): rose 5.01% or 242.00 points to trade at 5,072.00 at the close.
– NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE): added 3.59% or 2,340.00 points to end at 67,570.00.
– Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO): up 1.69% or 1,640.00 points to 98,890.00.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA): fell 5.54% or 1,570.00 points to trade at 26,780.00.
– Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR): declined 2.02% or 4,500.00 points to end at 218,500.00.
– Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG): down 1.53% or 440.00 points to 28,400.00.

Market Activity

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 267 to 193, with 78 ending unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to all-time highs; up 5.01% or 242.00 to 5,072.00.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.35% or 0.95 to $69.34 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.20% or 0.88 to hit $72.64 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures contract fell 1.99% or 54.84 to trade at $2,701.86 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.57.
• EUR/ILS fell 0.47% to 3.73.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 106.63.