Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.42%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.42%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which rose 9.63% or 439 points to trade at 4997 at the close. Meanwhile, Shufersal (TASE:SAE) added 4.55% or 113 points to end at 2595 and Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) was up 4.25% or 470 points to 11520 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF), which fell 3.55% or 260 points to trade at 7061 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 3.49% or 12.9 points to end at 357.0 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 2.90% or 201 points to 6719.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 290 to 110 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shufersal (TASE:SAE) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.55% or 113 to 2595. Shares in Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) rose to all time highs; up 4.25% or 470 to 11520.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.84% or 0.36 to $42.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.23% or 0.56 to hit $44.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.16% or 22.95 to trade at $1947.35 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.4005, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 4.0301.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.828.