Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.41%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.41%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 4.35% or 1,750.00 points to trade at 42,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) added 4.18% or 550.00 points to end at 13,700.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 4.11% or 125.00 points to 3,169.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR), which fell 1.59% or 3,100.00 points to trade at 191,520.00 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 1.41% or 78.00 points to end at 5,461.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 1.24% or 33.00 points to 2,623.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 319 to 160 and 34 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 5.50% or 5.42 to $103.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 5.14% or 5.18 to hit $105.87 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 3.40 to trade at $1,739.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.66% to 3.47, while EUR/ILS fell 0.93% to 3.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.96.