Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.42%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which rose 3.74% or 46.00 points to trade at 1,276.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) added 3.26% or 132.00 points to end at 4,180.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was up 2.26% or 96.00 points to 4,344.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 8.89% or 5,150.00 points to trade at 52,750.00 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 5.69% or 37.60 points to end at 623.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 4.76% or 7,000.00 points to 140,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 302 to 174 and 31 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.74% or 2.44 to $86.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.28% or 2.17 to hit $93.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.95 to trade at $1,715.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.44% to 3.54, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.00% to 3.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 110.14.