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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.76% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 3.34% or 6,180.00 points to trade at 191,280.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 3.31% or 104.00 points to end at 3,250.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 2.82% or 106.00 points to 3,863.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 3.75% or 1,320.00 points to trade at 33,880.00 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) declined 2.49% or 500.00 points to end at 19,600.00 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 2.30% or 1,710.00 points to 72,600.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 296 to 196 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.43% or 0.44 to $102.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.43 to hit $107.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 10.50 to trade at $1,923.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.13% to 3.21, while EUR/ILS fell 0.34% to 3.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 99.35.
