Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.85%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.85%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 16.67% or 320 points to trade at 2240 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 8.73% or 118 points to end at 1469 and Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) was up 7.53% or 1870 points to 26700 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL), which fell 8.52% or 5.7 points to trade at 61.2 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 7.99% or 3110 points to end at 35790 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 6.41% or 21 points to 305.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 283 to 121 and 21 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.42% or 0.58 to $24.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.10% or 0.30 to hit $27.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.61% or 26.70 to trade at $1634.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.6166, while EUR/ILS rose 0.86% to 3.9301.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.20% at 101.025.