Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.49%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 3.76% or 2,060.00 points to trade at 56,840.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 3.73% or 121.00 points to end at 3,363.00 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 1.69% or 9.70 points to 585.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE), which fell 3.02% or 168.00 points to trade at 5,393.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.99% or 49.00 points to end at 1,590.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 2.84% or 2,010.00 points to 68,790.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 290 to 174 and 52 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $90.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.52% or 0.50 to hit $96.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 10.90 to trade at $1,760.30 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.87% to 3.27, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 3.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 108.01.