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 added 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 2.99% or 1480 points to trade at 51050 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 2.69% or 33 points to end at 1260 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 2.61% or 52 points to 2045 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 5.31% or 473 points to trade at 8435 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 4.49% or 1660 points to end at 35340 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was down 1.71% or 210 points to 12050.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 332 to 166 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.31% or 473 to 8435.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.81% or 0.70 to $87.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.94% or 0.83 to hit $89.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 3.00 to trade at $1790.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.1997, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 3.5674.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.218.