Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.93%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.93%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 3.32% or 2,340.00 points to trade at 72,730.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 1.80% or 260.00 points to end at 14,700.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.59% or 54.00 points to 3,459.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 5.73% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,036.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) declined 4.82% or 181.00 points to end at 3,575.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was down 4.43% or 1,530.00 points to 32,970.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 334 to 138 and 35 ended unchanged.

Shares in Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.43% or 1,530.00 to 32,970.00.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.41% or 1.13 to $81.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.43% or 1.23 to hit $87.35 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 15.35 to trade at $1,927.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.28% to 3.41, while EUR/ILS rose 0.83% to 3.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.85.