Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.77%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.77%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 3.24% or 46.00 points to trade at 1,466.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 2.94% or 182.00 points to end at 6,369.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.43% or 190.00 points to 7,995.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 3.97% or 2,810.00 points to trade at 67,990.00 at the close. Energix (TASE:ENRG) declined 3.03% or 38.00 points to end at 1,218.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 2.88% or 1,990.00 points to 67,000.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 296 to 174 and 45 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.76% or 2.39 to $88.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.25% or 2.11 to hit $95.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 20.50 to trade at $1,774.20 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.67% to 3.41, while EUR/ILS fell 0.26% to 3.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.70% at 106.25.