Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.31%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE), which rose 2.64% or 23.90 points to trade at 928.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) added 2.61% or 3,940.00 points to end at 154,760.00 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was up 2.36% or 68.00 points to 2,955.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 3.64% or 420.00 points to trade at 11,130.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 2.43% or 56.00 points to end at 2,245.00 and Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) was down 1.83% or 173.00 points to 9,268.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 232 to 216 and 37 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.64% or 420.00 to 11,130.00.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.53% or 0.42 to $79.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.60% or 0.50 to hit $83.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.18% or 22.65 to trade at $1,948.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.68% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS fell 0.47% to 4.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 103.26.