Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.47%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.47%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 6.96% or 2,210.00 points to trade at 33,950.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 3.49% or 920.00 points to end at 27,270.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 1.86% or 23.00 points to 1,262.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which fell 6.39% or 202.00 points to trade at 2,960.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 6.29% or 9,490.00 points to end at 141,500.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was down 4.43% or 338.00 points to 7,294.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 374 to 114 and 30 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.96% or 2,210.00 to 33,950.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.54% or 1.39 to $88.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.09% or 1.05 to hit $95.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.14% or 18.85 to trade at $1,631.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.86% to 3.58, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 3.49.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.44% at 112.82.