Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.12%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 2.63% or 910.00 points to trade at 35,460.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 2.27% or 61.00 points to end at 2,750.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was up 2.25% or 202.00 points to 9,190.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 1.85% or 780.00 points to trade at 41,470.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 1.53% or 27.00 points to end at 1,733.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.20% or 47.00 points to 3,880.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 338 to 155 and 24 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.40% or 1.86 to $79.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $84.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 10.70 to trade at $1,806.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.14% to 3.50, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 3.72.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.04.