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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 3.87% or 39 points to trade at 1048 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 2.89% or 760 points to end at 27100 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 2.84% or 15.0 points to 543.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 2.75% or 258 points to trade at 9115 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 1.47% or 1240 points to end at 83150 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 1.12% or 420 points to 37130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 333 to 165 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.66% or 2.45 to $94.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.50% or 2.33 to hit $95.61 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 14.45 to trade at $1870.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.63% to 3.1929, while EUR/ILS fell 0.42% to 3.6335.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 95.770.
