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 rose 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 2.70% or 790.00 points to trade at 30,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 1.84% or 210.00 points to end at 11,610.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was up 1.72% or 18.00 points to 1,062.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which fell 2.15% or 56.00 points to trade at 2,544.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 1.75% or 20.00 points to end at 1,122.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 1.29% or 1,640.00 points to 125,120.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 260 to 216 and 42 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.98% or 2.24 to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.96% or 2.37 to hit $82.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.65 to trade at $1,879.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.68% to 3.44, while EUR/ILS fell 0.59% to 3.69.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 103.11.