Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.89% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the fell 0.89%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:), which rose 3.39% or 103.00 points to trade at 3,145.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:) added 2.12% or 390.00 points to end at 18,790.00 and Nova (TASE:) was up 1.13% or 400.00 points to 35,900.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Airport City Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.82% or 238.00 points to trade at 5,985.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:) declined 3.72% or 61.00 points to end at 1,580.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) was down 3.59% or 281.00 points to 7,550.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 278 to 205 and 40 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.72% or 61.00 to 1,580.00.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.61% or 1.86 to $117.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.38% or 1.61 to hit $117.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.34% or 24.70 to trade at $1,873.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.49% to 3.33, while EUR/ILS rose 0.38% to 3.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 101.80.