Israel Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate, and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.36%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA): rose 2.00% or 510.00 points to trade at 26,000.00.
– Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT): added 1.32% or 83.00 points to end at 6,376.00.
– Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM): up 1.22% or 230.00 points to 19,160.00.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN): fell 2.54% or 74.00 points to trade at 2,834.00.
– Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN): declined 2.46% or 34.00 points to end at 1,350.00.
– Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT): down 1.87% or 39.00 points to 2,051.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 253 to 221, with 63 ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel.
• Brent oil for March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures were unchanged at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• USD/ILS was unchanged at 3.65.
• EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 3.80.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.