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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 18.56% or 82.60 points to trade at 528.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) added 4.20% or 7,500.00 points to end at 186,000.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 3.22% or 82.00 points to 2,630.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 1.40% or 210.00 points to trade at 14,810.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) declined 0.92% or 35.00 points to end at 3,790.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was down 0.89% or 80.00 points to 8,938.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 372 to 116 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $80.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.74% or 1.46 to hit $85.49 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.29% or 24.55 to trade at $1,923.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.09% to 3.42, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.04% to 3.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.96.
