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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 2.79% or 23.00 points to trade at 846.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.57% or 770.00 points to end at 30,770.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 2.41% or 4,000.00 points to 170,000.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which fell 1.97% or 710.00 points to trade at 35,400.00 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) declined 1.46% or 190.00 points to end at 12,840.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 1.38% or 75.00 points to 5,350.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 235 to 227 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.29% or 0.93 to $71.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.15% or 0.88 to hit $75.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 8.05 to trade at $1,963.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.62% to 3.61, while EUR/ILS rose 1.53% to 3.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 102.08.
