Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 2.26%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 2.26%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which rose 0.76% or 7.50 points to trade at 997.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 0.07% or 2.00 points to end at 2,801.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was down 0.16% or 40.00 points to 25,760.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which fell 6.64% or 408.00 points to trade at 5,738.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 5.25% or 10,280.00 points to end at 185,410.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was down 4.53% or 51.00 points to 1,075.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 427 to 58 and 30 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.16% or 1.24 to $108.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.37% or 1.49 to hit $110.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 25.80 to trade at $1,841.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.75% to 3.36, while EUR/ILS rose 0.44% to 3.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.01% at 102.82.