Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.31%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.31%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 10.33% or 424.00 points to trade at 4,527.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 6.50% or 424.00 points to end at 6,943.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 6.04% or 187.00 points to 3,282.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 4.66% or 1,530.00 points to trade at 31,330.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 1.62% or 55.00 points to end at 3,346.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 1.60% or 2,700.00 points to 166,400.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 315 to 171 and 33 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $107.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 5.17% or 6.20 to hit $113.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 8.00 to trade at $1,841.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.11% to 3.46, while EUR/ILS fell 0.35% to 3.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.01% at 104.46.