Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.60%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 2.53% or 700.00 points to trade at 28,390.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) added 1.89% or 61.00 points to end at 3,288.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was up 1.87% or 2,930.00 points to 159,830.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 4.47% or 210.00 points to trade at 4,490.00 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) declined 2.98% or 420.00 points to end at 13,680.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was down 2.96% or 48.00 points to 1,576.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 313 to 171 and 34 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.59% or 1.54 to $95.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.72% or 0.72 to hit $99.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 3.10 to trade at $1,716.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.45, while EUR/ILS fell 0.72% to 3.49.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 107.03.