Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.22%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.22%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 6.16% or 46 points to trade at 800 at the close. Meanwhile, Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) added 1.63% or 1.6 points to end at 100.0 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 0.79% or 51 points to 6540 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 10.00% or 1520 points to trade at 13680 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) declined 6.04% or 27 points to end at 420 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was down 4.21% or 850 points to 19350.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 281 to 105 and 27 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.17% or 0.43 to $20.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.83% or 0.22 to hit $26.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 11.70 to trade at $1712.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.88% to 3.5365, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 3.8556.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 99.600.