Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.72%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.72%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 3.88% or 950 points to trade at 25420 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 1.42% or 180 points to end at 12900 and Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) was up 1.34% or 390 points to 29500 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which fell 8.07% or 1760 points to trade at 20050 at the close. Melisron (TASE:MLSR) declined 6.42% or 860 points to end at 12540 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 5.15% or 19 points to 350.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 258 to 125 and 29 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 4.84% or 1.63 to $35.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 4.72% or 1.70 to hit $37.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1751.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.5085, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 3.8958.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 98.275.