Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 2.26%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 2.26% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 0.95% or 19 points to trade at 2020 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) added 0.25% or 40 points to end at 16000 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI) was up 0.17% or 3 points to 1766 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1), which fell 6.81% or 102 points to trade at 1396 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 5.16% or 500 points to end at 9185 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was down 4.64% or 98 points to 2012.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 275 to 98 and 39 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 5.33% or 2.15 to $38.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 5.23% or 2.23 to hit $40.40 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 6.75 to trade at $1775.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.37% to 3.4397, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 3.8766.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 97.032.