Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.73%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp), which rose 2.31% or 22.10 points to trade at 979.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 1.81% or 530.00 points to end at 29,860.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 1.58% or 200.00 points to 12,890.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 4.71% or 246.00 points to trade at 4,981.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 3.05% or 3,010.00 points to end at 95,630.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 2.78% or 162.00 points to 5,673.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 331 to 144 and 64 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $85.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $89.49 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 4.45 to trade at $2,366.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.16% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 4.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.90% at 104.86.