Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.09%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.09%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 5.76% or 336.00 points to trade at 6,169.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 5.18% or 1,990.00 points to end at 40,380.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 1.46% or 15.00 points to 1,045.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT), which fell 4.23% or 77.00 points to trade at 1,743.00 at the close. Leumi (TASE:LUMI) declined 3.84% or 107.00 points to end at 2,683.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was down 3.57% or 90.00 points to 2,430.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 257 to 193 and 45 ended unchanged.

Shares in Leumi (TASE:LUMI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.84% or 107.00 to 2,683.00.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 6.55% or 4.96 to $80.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 6.30% or 5.03 to hit $84.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.07% or 21.35 to trade at $2,007.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 3.91.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 101.85.