Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.88%

Israel stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.88%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Palo Alto Networks Inc (TASE:CYBR), which rose 4.57% or 4,650.00 points to trade at 106,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 1.49% or 119.00 points to end at 8,088.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) was up 1.47% or 490.00 points to 33,800.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources Ltd (TASE:DORL), which fell 4.52% or 259.00 points to trade at 5,465.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 3.16% or 1,080.00 points to end at 33,100.00 and Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd (TASE:MMHD) was down 2.93% or 1,450.00 points to 48,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 282 to 160 and 115 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.23% or 0.20 to $88.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.50% or 0.48 to hit $96.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 7.05 to trade at $3,878.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.83% to 3.22, while EUR/ILS rose 0.52% to 3.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 103.25.