Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.19%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.19%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which rose 5.35% or 720 points to trade at 14180 at the close. Meanwhile, Matrix (TASE:MTRX) added 4.54% or 334 points to end at 7687 and Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) was up 4.19% or 230 points to 5720 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 5.52% or 1600 points to trade at 27400 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 0.40% or 5 points to end at 1240 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was down 0.39% or 3 points to 775.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 340 to 105 and 18 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.82% or 1.12 to $60.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.35% or 0.87 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 5.05 to trade at $1723.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.3022, while EUR/ILS fell 0.49% to 3.9761.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.097.