Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.27%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which rose 2.36% or 62.00 points to trade at 2,687.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 1.56% or 1,030.00 points to end at 67,200.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 0.97% or 11.00 points to 1,142.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 2.47% or 29.00 points to trade at 1,143.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.97% or 66.00 points to end at 3,288.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 1.56% or 59.00 points to 3,720.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 287 to 175 and 44 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.17% or 0.87 to $75.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.00% or 0.80 to hit $80.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1,878.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.47, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.09% to 3.72.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 102.99.