Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.89%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.89% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 7.68% or 2800 points to trade at 39250 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 5.27% or 80 points to end at 1599 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was up 5.18% or 197 points to 3999 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which fell 5.04% or 1130 points to trade at 21300 at the close. Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) declined 2.32% or 56 points to end at 2359 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 2.06% or 8 points to 385.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 295 to 113 and 18 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.41% or 0.17 to $42.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 4.08% or 82.80 to trade at $1947.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.02% to 3.4062, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 4.0064.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.480.