Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.56%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 2.99% or 4,560.00 points to trade at 156,900.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) added 2.51% or 79.00 points to end at 3,227.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.72% or 42.00 points to 2,490.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 7.57% or 385.00 points to trade at 4,700.00 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 3.22% or 27.30 points to end at 820.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) was down 2.43% or 48.00 points to 1,925.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 262 to 224 and 36 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.39% or 1.32 to $96.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.36% or 1.34 to hit $99.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 11.45 to trade at $1,715.95 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.44, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.12% to 3.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 106.43.