Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.08%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE), which rose 1.92% or 97 points to trade at 5145 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 1.79% or 470 points to end at 26720 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 1.12% or 28 points to 2539 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Harel (TASE:HARL), which fell 2.31% or 83 points to trade at 3512 at the close. Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) declined 1.49% or 111 points to end at 7319 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was down 1.16% or 14 points to 1198.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 260 to 223 and 35 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.47% or 1.20 to $82.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.22% or 1.03 to hit $85.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.35 to trade at $1768.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.14% to 3.2125, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 3.7369.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.757.