Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.55%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.55%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 2.10% or 1,350.00 points to trade at 65,590.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 1.32% or 8.10 points to end at 620.00 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 0.87% or 600.00 points to 69,500.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which fell 4.56% or 144.00 points to trade at 3,016.00 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) declined 4.27% or 270.00 points to end at 6,050.00 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was down 4.05% or 185.00 points to 4,380.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 313 to 164 and 33 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.76% or 2.40 to $84.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.96% or 1.84 to hit $92.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.25 to trade at $1,779.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.46% to 3.43, while EUR/ILS rose 0.90% to 3.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.21.