Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.38%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.38%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which rose 2.50% or 183 points to trade at 7512 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 1.76% or 450 points to end at 26000 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 1.69% or 530 points to 31890 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 2.30% or 161 points to trade at 6825 at the close. Shufersal (TASE:SAE) declined 2.14% or 58 points to end at 2653 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 1.98% or 119 points to 5880.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 281 to 207 and 26 ended unchanged.

Shares in Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.50% or 183 to 7512. Shares in Melisron (TASE:MLSR) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.76% or 450 to 26000.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.94% or 0.64 to $67.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.84% or 0.60 to hit $70.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.35 to trade at $1794.35 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.2243, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 3.7917.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.017.