Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.06%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 5.92% or 156.00 points to trade at 2,793.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) added 4.93% or 3,650.00 points to end at 77,750.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 1.35% or 340.00 points to 25,460.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN), which fell 3.85% or 850.00 points to trade at 21,250.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 3.11% or 121.00 points to end at 3,766.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 2.47% or 900.00 points to 35,600.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 263 to 229 and 29 ended unchanged.

Shares in Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) rose to all time highs; rising 4.93% or 3,650.00 to 77,750.00.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.21% or 0.24 to $112.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $117.37 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.45 to trade at $1,957.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.04% to 3.22, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.08% to 3.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.84.