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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.89% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 5.93% or 2280 points to trade at 40700 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 5.87% or 21.5 points to end at 387.5 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 5.48% or 870 points to 16760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 3.51% or 660 points to trade at 18140 at the close. Matrix (TASE:MTRX) declined 2.75% or 210 points to end at 7440 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was down 1.86% or 190 points to 10010.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 265 to 151 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.55% or 1.96 to $45.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.76% or 1.73 to hit $47.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.92% or 35.25 to trade at $1802.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.3343, while EUR/ILS rose 0.00% to 3.9619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.243.
