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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 6.09% or 316.00 points to trade at 5,509.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 3.84% or 1,310.00 points to end at 35,400.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 3.66% or 56.00 points to 1,588.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 2.90% or 74.00 points to trade at 2,475.00 at the close. Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) declined 2.40% or 125.00 points to end at 5,075.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was down 1.89% or 17.30 points to 898.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 306 to 180 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.85% or 2.85 to $97.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.14% or 2.29 to hit $104.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 11.10 to trade at $1,711.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.45, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 3.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 106.82.
