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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 9.15% or 3880 points to trade at 46270 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 4.69% or 16.0 points to end at 357.0 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 4.33% or 135 points to 3250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which fell 2.54% or 660 points to trade at 25290 at the close. Melisron (TASE:MLSR) declined 1.74% or 410 points to end at 23180 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 1.73% or 57 points to 3241.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 279 to 198 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $69.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $71.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1753.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.19% to 3.2229, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 3.7843.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 92.935.
