Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.11%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 6.71% or 94.00 points to trade at 1,495.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) added 4.37% or 600.00 points to end at 14,340.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was up 3.60% or 127.00 points to 3,659.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 6.40% or 333.00 points to trade at 4,867.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) declined 4.13% or 103.00 points to end at 2,390.00 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 2.00% or 1,400.00 points to 68,640.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 249 to 223 and 50 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.13% or 103.00 to 2,390.00.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 7.56% or 7.87 to $96.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 6.84% or 7.33 to hit $99.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.65 to trade at $1,729.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.48, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.10% to 3.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 107.76.