Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.68%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.68%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 1.37% or 630 points to trade at 46660 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 1.17% or 4.3 points to end at 371.0 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was up 1.01% or 260 points to 25910 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 3.99% or 4110 points to trade at 98890 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 3.90% or 790 points to end at 19480 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 3.31% or 41 points to 1199.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 363 to 123 and 21 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.16% or 0.79 to $67.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.99% or 0.70 to hit $69.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 9.85 to trade at $1788.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.2271, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 3.8005.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.612.