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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 Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 4.06% or 41.00 points to trade at 1,040.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) added 3.95% or 1,390.00 points to end at 36,560.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.97% or 165.00 points to 5,728.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 2.14% or 560.00 points to trade at 25,610.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 0.81% or 780.00 points to end at 95,220.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 0.48% or 9.00 points to 1,877.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 300 to 160 and 84 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.41% or 0.30 to $73.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.29 to hit $78.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 10.95 to trade at $2,031.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.04% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 103.81.
