Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.91%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.91% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 3.25% or 107.00 points to trade at 3,402.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 3.15% or 235.00 points to end at 7,698.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 2.63% or 16.90 points to 658.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 7.25% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,280.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) declined 2.44% or 105.00 points to end at 4,200.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.52% or 66.00 points to 4,270.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 289 to 187 and 27 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.79% or 0.70 to $88.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.86% or 0.82 to hit $94.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 17.30 to trade at $1,648.30 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.38% to 3.53, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 3.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 110.54.