Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.07%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.07% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 2.99% or 23.30 points to trade at 803.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) added 2.76% or 64.00 points to end at 2,382.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 2.67% or 5,320.00 points to 204,420.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 7.06% or 2,520.00 points to trade at 33,150.00 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 3.68% or 2,760.00 points to end at 72,230.00 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was down 2.88% or 16.90 points to 570.10.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 282 to 206 and 34 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.78% or 0.71 to $90.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.57% or 0.55 to hit $96.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 8.20 to trade at $1,813.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.31, while EUR/ILS rose 0.48% to 3.39.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 106.10.