Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.61%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.61%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT), which rose 3.82% or 234 points to trade at 6353 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 2.47% or 37 points to end at 1536 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was up 2.46% or 350 points to 14580 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 1.77% or 58 points to trade at 3226 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 1.35% or 16 points to end at 1166 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 1.05% or 42 points to 3945.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 305 to 186 and 33 ended unchanged.

Shares in Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.82% or 234 to 6353. Shares in Energix (TASE:ENRG) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.47% or 37 to 1536.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.48% or 0.40 to $83.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.86% or 0.72 to hit $84.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 9.25 to trade at $1793.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.32% to 3.1172, while EUR/ILS fell 1.10% to 3.6121.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.975.