Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.45%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT), which rose 2.36% or 172.00 points to trade at 7,471.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 2.28% or 1,600.00 points to end at 71,690.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 2.15% or 64.00 points to 3,040.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which fell 2.43% or 93.00 points to trade at 3,730.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 2.23% or 4,150.00 points to end at 181,990.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 2.01% or 700.00 points to 34,190.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 297 to 185 and 49 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.90% or 0.90 to $99.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.36 to hit $104.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1,923.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.21, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 3.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 98.54.