Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.89%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.89%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 2.76% or 84.00 points to trade at 3,129.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) added 2.64% or 141.00 points to end at 5,479.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 2.61% or 1,200.00 points to 47,200.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR), which fell 3.66% or 6,160.00 points to trade at 162,000.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 3.36% or 1,440.00 points to end at 41,400.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 3.07% or 84.00 points to 2,654.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 231 to 228 and 38 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.33% or 0.25 to $75.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 10.95 to trade at $1,969.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.82% to 3.61, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 100.61.