Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.03%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 1.71% or 800 points to trade at 47600 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 1.32% or 1280 points to end at 98300 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was up 1.32% or 123 points to 9410 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 2.37% or 600 points to trade at 24700 at the close. Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) declined 2.28% or 71 points to end at 3044 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was down 1.73% or 260 points to 14770.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 249 to 242 and 37 ended unchanged.

Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.73% or 260 to 14770.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.83% or 0.66 to $79.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.99% or 0.81 to hit $81.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.80 to trade at $1866.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.12% to 3.1023, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 3.5436.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.188.