Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.29%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS), which rose 3.00% or 284 points to trade at 9744 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.64% or 720 points to end at 28000 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was up 2.56% or 1010 points to 40520 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 7.27% or 106 points to trade at 1352 at the close. Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) declined 2.10% or 48 points to end at 2240 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 2.09% or 97 points to 4542.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 236 to 169 and 24 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.70% or 1.27 to $48.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.56% or 1.28 to hit $51.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 5.95 to trade at $1876.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.41% to 3.2163, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 3.9236.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 90.198.