Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 25 down 0.73%

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Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 2.23% or 340 points to trade at 15620 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazit-Globe added 1.71% or 58 points to end at 3443 and Melisron was up 1.04% or 140 points to 13570 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc, which fell 3.04% or 136 points to trade at 4341 at the close. Elbit Systems declined 2.83% or 1050 points to end at 36000 and Israel Corp  was down 2.51% or 1610 points to 62460.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 193 to 141 and 119 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.50% or 0.20 to $39.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $41.03 a barrel, while the June Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1223.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.8361, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.2854.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.17.


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