Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.97%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which rose 2.52% or 105.00 points to trade at 4,267.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 1.95% or 2,710.00 points to end at 141,700.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 1.52% or 91.00 points to 6,063.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 5.17% or 2,310.00 points to trade at 42,350.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 4.24% or 1,030.00 points to end at 23,280.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was down 3.37% or 880.00 points to 25,250.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 278 to 185 and 44 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.78% or 1.39 to $76.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $83.71 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 9.40 to trade at $1,755.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.42, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.12% to 3.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.94.