Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.28% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which rose 3.11% or 4.8 points to trade at 159.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 2.40% or 78 points to end at 3325 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) was up 2.34% or 550 points to 24060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 1.87% or 300 points to trade at 15740 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.06% or 18 points to end at 1679 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was down 0.95% or 300 points to 31270.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 205 to 205 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.43% or 0.28 to $65.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1356.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.83% to 3.3824, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.2248.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 88.48.