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 lost 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 4.15% or 1,590.00 points to trade at 39,900.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) added 3.39% or 26.70 points to end at 814.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 1.76% or 550.00 points to 31,850.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which fell 2.53% or 1,830.00 points to trade at 70,470.00 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 2.12% or 13.90 points to end at 642.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 1.65% or 62.00 points to 3,700.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 286 to 185 and 44 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.59% or 1.40 to $89.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.19% or 1.12 to hit $94.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 6.25 to trade at $1,662.95 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.64% to 3.51, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 3.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.70% at 110.32.