Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.62%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 2.46% or 830.00 points to trade at 34,530.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 2.25% or 122.00 points to end at 5,539.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was up 2.08% or 680.00 points to 33,390.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 3.10% or 28.00 points to trade at 874.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 1.90% or 51.00 points to end at 2,630.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.66% or 53.00 points to 3,132.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 232 to 228 and 38 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.14% or 0.11 to $76.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $82.75 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 14.05 to trade at $1,832.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 3.79.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 105.26.