Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.08%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.08%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which rose 1.85% or 50.00 points to trade at 2,750.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) added 1.84% or 64.00 points to end at 3,550.00 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 1.45% or 990.00 points to 69,310.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 5.40% or 9,610.00 points to trade at 168,390.00 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) declined 5.08% or 2,300.00 points to end at 43,000.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 4.99% or 181.00 points to 3,445.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 338 to 138 and 40 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.63% or 0.77 to $121.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.49% or 0.61 to hit $122.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.40 to trade at $1,850.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.77% to 3.36, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 3.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 103.04.