Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.76%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.76%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 5.46% or 1,490.00 points to trade at 28,760.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 4.12% or 1,400.00 points to end at 35,350.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 3.94% or 2,200.00 points to 58,000.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 4.75% or 3,090.00 points to trade at 61,900.00 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 3.64% or 23.90 points to end at 632.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 1.90% or 59.00 points to 3,042.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 284 to 186 and 35 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.75% or 3,090.00 to 61,900.00. Shares in Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.12% or 1,400.00 to 35,350.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 5.02% or 4.43 to $92.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 4.31% or 4.08 to hit $98.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 3.36% or 54.80 to trade at $1,685.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.75% to 3.55, while EUR/ILS rose 1.35% to 3.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.89% at 110.68.