Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.18%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 5.76% or 60 points to trade at 1102 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 2.82% or 40 points to end at 1460 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.68% or 55 points to 2110 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which fell 3.00% or 154 points to trade at 4971 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 1.95% or 340 points to end at 17060 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was down 1.31% or 5.0 points to 378.0.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 272 to 133 and 21 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.25% or 1.21 to $38.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.78% or 1.10 to hit $40.71 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.50 to trade at $1966.20 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.34% to 3.4247, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 4.0589.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.088.