Israel shares lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.23%

Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.23%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 4.77% or 1,390.00 points to trade at 30,500.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 3.28% or 2,070.00 points to end at 65,270.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 2.94% or 480.00 points to 16,780.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which lost 3.33% or 153.00 points to trade at 4,435.00 in late trade. Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) declined 2.87% or 29.00 points to end at 982.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) shed 2.59% or 92.00 points to 3,460.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 170 and 103 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.00% or 0.74 to $74.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.67% or 0.52 to hit $78.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 6.00 to trade at $2,673.20 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.81, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 4.18.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 102.28.