Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.31%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 6.14% or 483.00 points to trade at 8,353.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 2.35% or 76.00 points to end at 3,309.00 and Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) was up 1.93% or 360.00 points to 18,980.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 3.11% or 115.00 points to trade at 3,583.00 at the close. Energix (TASE:ENRG) declined 2.10% or 26.00 points to end at 1,212.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was down 1.99% or 49.00 points to 2,415.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 299 to 200 and 33 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.59% or 1.53 to $94.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.78% or 1.80 to hit $99.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 11.95 to trade at $1,935.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.12% to 3.23, while EUR/ILS fell 0.19% to 3.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 99.75.