Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.78%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.78%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 7.87% or 80.00 points to trade at 1,097.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 6.87% or 445.00 points to end at 6,923.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was up 5.95% or 66.00 points to 1,175.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 1.75% or 90.00 points to trade at 5,060.00 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 1.68% or 240.00 points to end at 14,060.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 0.48% or 280.00 points to 58,220.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 363 to 130 and 25 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.10% or 0.08 to $76.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.19% or 0.16 to hit $82.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 11.55 to trade at $1,931.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.44% to 3.40, while EUR/ILS fell 1.04% to 3.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 101.41.