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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 4.90% or 1,150.00 points to trade at 24,600.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 3.80% or 267.00 points to end at 7,300.00 and Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) was up 3.38% or 210.00 points to 6,430.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI), which fell 5.34% or 171.00 points to trade at 3,030.00 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 4.20% or 3,100.00 points to end at 70,630.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 2.71% or 1,870.00 points to 67,030.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 359 to 134 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.97% or 3.55 to $122.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 3.24% or 3.99 to hit $127.20 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.43% or 48.60 to trade at $2,044.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.36% to 3.29, while EUR/ILS rose 1.14% to 3.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 98.82.
