Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.31%

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TASE:MLSR), which rose 4.38% or 960 points to trade at 22880 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 3.38% or 116 points to end at 3545 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was up 3.21% or 94 points to 3018 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 4.15% or 52 points to trade at 1200 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 2.06% or 7.4 points to end at 352.6 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 1.17% or 120 points to 10120.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 242 to 226 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in Melisron (TASE:MLSR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.38% or 960 to 22880.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.30% or 0.21 to $69.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $71.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1895.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.2438, while EUR/ILS rose 0.03% to 3.9475.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 90.112.