Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.63%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.63%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which rose 3.24% or 12.7 points to trade at 404.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) added 2.61% or 131 points to end at 5150 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 2.55% or 480 points to 19270 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS), which fell 5.10% or 540 points to trade at 10050 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 4.89% or 820 points to end at 15960 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was down 4.09% or 46 points to 1080.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 231 to 157 and 32 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.24% or 12.7 to 404.2.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.32% or 0.93 to $41.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.84% or 1.20 to hit $43.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.02% or 20.15 to trade at $1950.35 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.21% to 3.4257, while EUR/ILS rose 0.30% to 4.0507.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.093.