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Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.79%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.79%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 0.98% or 260.00 points to trade at 26,900.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 0.56% or 100.00 points to end at 17,890.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 0.55% or 28.00 points to 5,100.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 3.89% or 242.00 points to trade at 5,973.00 at the close. Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) declined 3.43% or 7,500.00 points to end at 211,000.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was down 3.32% or 98.00 points to 2,850.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 309 to 144 and 85 ended unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to all time highs; up 0.55% or 28.00 to 5,100.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.81% or 1.27 to $71.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.47% or 1.08 to hit $74.49 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 33.60 to trade at $2,675.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.56% to 3.60, while EUR/ILS rose 1.07% to 3.78.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 106.68.

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