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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.71% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 5.43% or 86.00 points to trade at 1,670.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 5.25% or 194.00 points to end at 3,891.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 5.19% or 41.70 points to 845.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 2.59% or 410.00 points to trade at 15,400.00 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) declined 1.76% or 530.00 points to end at 29,600.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 1.28% or 47.00 points to 3,636.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 341 to 146 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.55% or 0.50 to $91.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.37% or 0.36 to hit $96.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.35 to trade at $1,814.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.57% to 3.26, while EUR/ILS fell 0.50% to 3.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.26% at 104.92.
