Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.75%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.75% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which rose 3.46% or 197 points to trade at 5885 at the close. Meanwhile, Leumi (TASE:LUMI) added 2.31% or 49 points to end at 2167 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) was up 1.57% or 20 points to 1297 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 7.20% or 1450 points to trade at 18690 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 5.15% or 76 points to end at 1400 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 4.68% or 461 points to 9399.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 306 to 129 and 17 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 5.04% or 3.09 to $64.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.82% or 3.09 to hit $67.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 14.80 to trade at $1701.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.15% to 3.3127, while EUR/ILS fell 0.47% to 3.9712.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 91.510.