Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.09%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 7.62% or 72.00 points to trade at 1,020.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 2.88% or 103.00 points to end at 3,675.00 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 2.30% or 11.80 points to 525.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 2.95% or 1,390.00 points to trade at 45,790.00 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 1.83% or 1,060.00 points to end at 56,930.00 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was down 1.74% or 49.00 points to 2,775.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 246 to 215 and 78 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.41% or 0.36 to $87.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.58% or 0.52 to hit $90.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1,942.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.02% to 3.84, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.03% to 4.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 104.71.