Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.11%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.11%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 6.25% or 526.00 points to trade at 8,946.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 4.03% or 2,640.00 points to end at 68,160.00 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI) was up 2.90% or 88.00 points to 3,126.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 3.75% or 46.00 points to trade at 1,181.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.82% or 36.00 points to end at 1,241.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was down 1.81% or 100.00 points to 5,440.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 301 to 185 and 24 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.82% or 36.00 to 1,241.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.57% or 0.41 to $72.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.80 to trade at $1,800.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.43, while EUR/ILS rose 0.50% to 3.62.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.82.