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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1), which rose 3.84% or 139.00 points to trade at 3,760.00 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) added 3.49% or 490.00 points to end at 14,540.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was up 3.24% or 400.00 points to 12,730.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 2.50% or 59.00 points to trade at 2,305.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 2.28% or 950.00 points to end at 40,700.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 2.22% or 1,710.00 points to 75,410.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 272 to 183 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.26% or 1.65 to $74.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.97% or 1.53 to hit $79.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.95 to trade at $1,935.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.31% to 3.69, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 4.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 101.47.
