Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.40%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the declined 0.40%.

The best performers of the session on the were Energix (TASE:), which rose 4.03% or 47.00 points to trade at 1,212.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:) added 2.34% or 710.00 points to end at 31,110.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:) was up 2.24% or 20.10 points to 919.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.11% or 2,130.00 points to trade at 66,310.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:) declined 2.51% or 13.00 points to end at 505.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:) was down 2.15% or 270.00 points to 12,280.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 225 to 221 and 41 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.10% or 0.78 to $70.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.08% or 0.81 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.60 to trade at $2,015.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.84% to 3.67, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 3.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 102.53.