Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.27%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which rose 2.38% or 330.00 points to trade at 14,180.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 1.87% or 230.00 points to end at 12,550.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was up 1.79% or 1,270.00 points to 72,370.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 6.53% or 60.80 points to trade at 870.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 4.39% or 950.00 points to end at 20,670.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 3.77% or 203.00 points to 5,176.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 303 to 154 and 39 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.46% or 0.33 to $70.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.56% or 0.42 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 24.95 to trade at $1,997.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 3.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 102.45.