Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 3.77% or 600 points to trade at 16500 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.39% or 140 points to end at 6000 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.37% or 5.7 points to 246.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 2.94% or 1060 points to trade at 34940 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.41% or 280 points to end at 19620 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 0.44% or 17 points to 3833.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 187 to 159 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.69% or 0.30 to $43.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.44% or 0.66 to hit $46.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1324.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.52% to 3.7682, while EUR/ILS fell 0.58% to 4.2366.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.36.