Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.01%

Israel stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.01%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE:TASE), which rose 4.09% or 610.00 points to trade at 15,540.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 1.55% or 620.00 points to end at 40,650.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was up 1.50% or 180.00 points to 12,190.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 4.98% or 2,750.00 points to trade at 52,450.00 at the close. Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) declined 3.59% or 790.00 points to end at 21,200.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) was down 3.03% or 1,150.00 points to 36,850.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 226 to 207 and 125 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.89% or 2.87 to $102.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.60% or 2.94 to hit $116.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 42.35 to trade at $4,018.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.11, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 3.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 101.56.