Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.85%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.85%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 3.42% or 700 points to trade at 21160 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TASE:HARL) added 3.18% or 77 points to end at 2499 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was up 3.12% or 22 points to 714 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 6.64% or 101 points to trade at 1421 at the close. Matrix (TASE:MTRX) declined 2.66% or 240 points to end at 8780 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 2.59% or 87 points to 3275.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 258 to 127 and 29 ended unchanged.

Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.42% or 700 to 21160.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.35% or 0.15 to $43.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $46.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.54% or 29.65 to trade at $1952.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.02% to 3.4005, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.0213.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.910.