Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.20%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 3.24% or 370 points to trade at 11790 at the close. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) added 2.50% or 172 points to end at 7049 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.14% or 74 points to 3540 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 4.99% or 570 points to trade at 10860 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 2.27% or 2110 points to end at 90900 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 2.18% or 880 points to 39440.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 300 to 195 and 29 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) rose to 3-years highs; rising 3.24% or 370 to 11790. Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.99% or 570 to 10860. Shares in Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) rose to all time highs; rising 2.50% or 172 to 7049.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.35% or 0.23 to $66.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $69.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.22% or 21.45 to trade at $1784.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.1628, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 3.5790.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.172.