Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 5.68% or 940 points to trade at 17500 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice (TA:NICE) added 2.74% or 670 points to end at 25150 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 2.19% or 510 points to 23780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which fell 2.61% or 890 points to trade at 33210 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.61% or 68 points to end at 4160 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 1.25% or 1130 points to 89370.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 185 to 144 and 121 ended unchanged.
Shares in Frutarom (TA:FRUT) rose to all time highs; up 5.68% or 940 to 17500.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.29% or 0.12 to $41.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.56% or 0.24 to hit $44.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.28% or 13.70 to trade at $1082.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.8837, while EUR/ILS rose 0.31% to 4.1688.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.67% at 99.00.