Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.88%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.88%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 5.49% or 1,610.00 points to trade at 30,910.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 3.99% or 212.00 points to end at 5,528.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 3.71% or 760.00 points to 21,260.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 2.30% or 810.00 points to trade at 34,460.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 1.99% or 10.00 points to end at 491.60 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 1.97% or 260.00 points to 12,950.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 248 to 226 and 33 ended unchanged.

Shares in Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.30% or 810.00 to 34,460.00.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.38% or 0.29 to $76.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.60% or 0.50 to hit $82.32 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 7.55 to trade at $1,824.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.07% to 3.67, while EUR/ILS rose 0.51% to 3.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 104.74.