Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.42%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which rose 4.78% or 59.00 points to trade at 1,294.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) added 4.51% or 25.80 points to end at 598.00 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was up 4.46% or 195.00 points to 4,565.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp), which fell 5.31% or 45.40 points to trade at 810.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 3.91% or 115.00 points to end at 2,825.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 3.52% or 4,900.00 points to 134,200.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 284 to 197 and 35 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.31% or 0.27 to $86.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.18% or 0.17 to hit $93.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.45 to trade at $1,773.45 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.66% to 3.40, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 3.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 106.27.