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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 4.48% or 2,870.00 points to trade at 67,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 4.19% or 6,850.00 points to end at 170,300.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 2.40% or 85.00 points to 3,625.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF), which fell 3.88% or 480.00 points to trade at 11,890.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 3.51% or 71.00 points to end at 1,949.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was down 2.86% or 71.00 points to 2,412.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 236 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.02 to $108.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.40% or 0.45 to hit $111.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 16.60 to trade at $2,004.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.39% to 3.27, while EUR/ILS fell 0.29% to 3.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 98.43.
