Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.29%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 2.39% or 38.00 points to trade at 1,626.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.02% or 550.00 points to end at 27,790.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 1.41% or 106.00 points to 7,607.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 7.70% or 424.00 points to trade at 5,085.00 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 5.64% or 50.60 points to end at 847.00 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 1.82% or 1,340.00 points to 72,210.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 246 to 235 and 38 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.31% or 1.26 to $95.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $98.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 11.90 to trade at $1,725.30 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.44, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.11% to 3.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 106.41.