Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.53%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 3.30% or 2,530.00 points to trade at 79,200.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) added 3.30% or 30.80 points to end at 964.00 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 0.70% or 3.80 points to 549.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which fell 3.52% or 173.00 points to trade at 4,745.00 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 3.25% or 158.00 points to end at 4,709.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was down 3.13% or 69.00 points to 2,134.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 280 to 187 and 44 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.34% or 0.33 to $95.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.65% or 0.65 to hit $98.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 12.15 to trade at $1,736.95 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.81% to 3.45, while EUR/ILS fell 0.16% to 3.49.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 107.50.