In a static data table, should rows be highlighted on hover?

My team is building a Material Design table component. The Material Design guidelines on data tables state:

Row hover (Desktop)

Display a background in a table row if a user hovers over any part of that row.

Material Design mockup showing a data table. One of the rows is highlighted and has a mouse cursor over it.

It is worth noting that our data tables don't have checkboxes or other selection controls on them. They're read only.

Does this make sense for a non-interactive data table? Would users expect to be able to highlight rows on hover? Does it help with readability?

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