Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 2.67% or 2010 points to trade at 77410 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 2.54% or 33 points to end at 1330 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.52% or 6.1 points to 248.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 2.39% or 350 points to trade at 14320 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 1.91% or 770 points to end at 39530 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was down 1.75% or 280 points to 15750.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 200 to 142 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.70% or 0.32 to $45.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.28 to hit $46.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1227.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.8584, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.1165.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 100.51.