Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 3.60% or 560 points to trade at 16100 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.48% or 138 points to end at 4104 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 2.19% or 350 points to 16340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 4.40% or 2660 points to trade at 57780 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 3.25% or 48 points to end at 1427 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 1.41% or 11.0 points to 768.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 175 to 172 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.23% or 0.11 to $48.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $49.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.35 to trade at $1185.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.8730, while EUR/ILS rose 0.38% to 4.0910.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.73.