Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.32%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 18.13% or 422 points to trade at 2750 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 3.57% or 13.5 points to end at 391.5 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 2.18% or 24 points to 1126 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 7.21% or 1460 points to trade at 18790 at the close. Matrix (TASE:MTRX) declined 2.84% or 236 points to end at 8074 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 2.50% or 1100 points to 42900.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 202 to 191 and 26 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.21% or 1460 to 18790. Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.57% or 13.5 to 391.5.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 4.36% or 1.67 to $39.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.55% or 1.44 to hit $41.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.40 to trade at $1970.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.4188, while EUR/ILS fell 0.31% to 4.0427.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.060.