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 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:), which rose 4.12% or 202.00 points to trade at 5,106.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) added 0.90% or 57.00 points to end at 6,357.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:) was up 0.09% or 40.00 points to 43,980.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:), which fell 4.46% or 202.00 points to trade at 4,330.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:) declined 4.01% or 78.00 points to end at 1,867.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:) was down 3.71% or 2,310.00 points to 59,990.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 340 to 108 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in NICE Ltd (TASE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.71% or 2,310.00 to 59,990.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.46 to $81.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.56 to hit $85.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.28% or 30.05 to trade at $2,376.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 3.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 105.12.
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