Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.72% or 550 points to trade at 20740 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.62% or 65 points to end at 4072 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 0.86% or 2.1 points to 245.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 2.67% or 500 points to trade at 18240 at the close. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 1.85% or 1.2 points to end at 63.8 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was down 1.47% or 940 points to 62910.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 182 to 162 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.88% or 0.43 to $48.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.91% or 0.45 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1212.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.8609, while EUR/ILS rose 0.00% to 4.3097.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.46.