Israel Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials, and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.59%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA): rose 1.33% (108.00 points) to trade at 8,222.00.
– Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT): added 1.27% (26.00 points) to end at 2,077.00.
– NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE): was up 1.10% (700.00 points) to 64,300.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE): fell 4.07% (126.00 points) to trade at 2,970.00.
– Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF): declined 2.54% (400.00 points) to end at 15,360.00.
– Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO): down 2.37% (2,260.00 points) to 93,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 306 to 163, with 68 ending unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) rose to 5-year highs, gaining 1.33% or 108.00 to 8,222.00.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.10% (0.07) to $70.17 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.07% (0.05) to hit $73.22 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% (19.76) to trade at $2,655.26 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• USD/ILS was up 0.75% to 3.66.
• EUR/ILS rose 0.82% to 3.81.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 107.97.