Israeli Stock Market Summary

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials, and Real Estate sectors dragged shares down.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.72%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR): rose 1.78% or 3,100.00 points to trade at 177,400.00.
– Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ): added 1.74% or 9.00 points to end at 527.00.
– Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG): up 1.47% or 670.00 points to 46,220.00 in late trading.

Worst Performers

The worst performers included:
– Energix (TASE:ENRG): fell 7.94% or 104.00 points to trade at 1,205.00.
– OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE): declined 2.39% or 75.00 points to end at 3,060.00.
– Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI): down 2.04% or 87.00 points to 4,175.00.

Market Overview

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, with 262 stocks up, 206 stocks down, and 70 unchanged.

Shares in Electra Ltd and Bezeq reached 52-week highs, gaining 1.78% and 1.74% respectively.

Commodities Update

• Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.70% or 1.81 to $68.73 a barrel.
• Brent oil for January rose 2.65% or 1.88 to $72.92.
• December Gold Futures increased 1.76% or 45.30 to trade at $2,615.40 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• USD/ILS was unchanged at 3.74.
• EUR/ILS remained unchanged at 3.95.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 106.39.