Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 2.05%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 2.05% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 2.19% or 1,200.00 points to trade at 56,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) added 1.34% or 112.00 points to end at 8,477.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was up 0.64% or 13.00 points to 2,051.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Leumi (TASE:LUMI), which fell 3.95% or 126.00 points to trade at 3,062.00 at the close. Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) declined 3.60% or 113.00 points to end at 3,025.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was down 3.40% or 111.00 points to 3,150.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 322 to 172 and 21 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.27% or 0.22 to $82.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.10 to hit $87.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.35 to trade at $1,668.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.04% to 3.55, while EUR/ILS rose 1.61% to 3.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 112.23.