Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.04%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shufersal (TASE:SAE), which rose 2.66% or 75.00 points to trade at 2,897.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 2.51% or 83.00 points to end at 3,392.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 1.49% or 18.00 points to 1,230.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 2.04% or 1,490.00 points to trade at 71,510.00 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 1.95% or 163.00 points to end at 8,190.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was down 1.64% or 20.00 points to 1,201.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 290 to 233 and 1 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.88% or 1.81 to $97.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.76% or 1.77 to hit $102.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 10.60 to trade at $1,948.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.08% to 3.23, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.02% to 3.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 99.79.