Israel shares lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.88%

Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Real Estate and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.88%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which rose 0.85% or 11.00 points to trade at 1,309.00 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 0.30% or 80.00 points to end at 27,090.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 0.25% or 40.00 points to 15,980.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Harel (TASE:HARL), which lost 6.50% or 242.00 points to trade at 3,480.00 in late trade. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 3.96% or 1,360.00 points to end at 32,950.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) shed 2.99% or 1,940.00 points to 62,840.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 250 to 183 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.98% or 2.26 to $73.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.40% or 1.89 to hit $76.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 24.30 to trade at $2,536.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.82% to 3.62, while EUR/ILS fell 0.99% to 4.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.62.