Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.82%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp), which rose 36.68% or 267.80 points to trade at 998.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 17.13% or 5,840.00 points to end at 39,940.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 7.22% or 388.00 points to 5,759.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 6.43% or 2,380.00 points to trade at 34,660.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 5.09% or 162.00 points to end at 3,018.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 4.58% or 177.00 points to 3,688.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 220 and 40 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.25% or 0.91 to $73.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.98% or 0.76 to hit $78.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 15.15 to trade at $1,986.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.79% to 3.55, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 3.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 102.15.