chip Tel Aviv 25 index .TA25 ended at 816.09 points, down 3.9 percent. Volume was heavy on the New York Stock Exchange with 1.79 billion shares trading hands, above last year's daily average of 1.61 billion. On Nasdaq, about 1.93 billion shares were traded. Advancers beat declining stocks on the NYSE by about 6 to 5 while gainers outnumbered decliners by a ratio of 8 to 7. --SP 01 24 Local Time 22 24 GMT