Investing.com – Israeli stocks were lower after Wednesday’s close as losses in the , and sectors dragged shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, shares lost 0.36%.
The best artists of the session on the were Ormat Technologies (TASE:), which rose 2.00% or 510.00 points to trade at 26,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:) added 1.32% or 83.00 points to end at 6,376.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) rose 1.22% or 230.00 points to 19,160.00 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Shapir tech industry (TASE:), which fell 2.54% or 74.00 points to trade at 2,834.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:) fell 2.46% or 34.00 points to end at 1,350.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:) fell 1.87% or 39.00 points to 2,051.00.
Falling stocks outpaced rising stocks on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 253 to 221, with 63 ending unchanged.
Crude oil for February fell 0.09%, or 0.06, to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for March delivery rose 1.24% or 0.90 to $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 per troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged by 0.12% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 3.80.
US Dollar Index Futures were trading 0.18% higher at 108.00.
