Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.67%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.67%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 2.44% or 1,870.00 points to trade at 78,440.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 1.89% or 1,280.00 points to end at 68,980.00 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was up 0.75% or 38.00 points to 5,099.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 3.18% or 47.00 points to trade at 1,429.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) declined 3.04% or 144.00 points to end at 4,586.00 and Shufersal (TASE:SAE) was down 2.76% or 62.00 points to 2,188.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 338 to 130 and 45 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shufersal (TASE:SAE) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.76% or 62.00 to 2,188.00.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 8.11% or 8.79 to $99.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 8.95% or 10.16 to hit $103.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.80% or 32.35 to trade at $1,769.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.72% to 3.53, while EUR/ILS fell 1.02% to 3.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.53% at 106.51.