Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Biomed and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 3.18% or 2250 points to trade at 72950 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 2.95% or 420 points to end at 14670 and Nice (TA:NICE) was up 2.45% or 570 points to 23840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 5.55% or 870 points to trade at 14800 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.99% or 14.6 points to end at 720.0 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was down 1.86% or 5.0 points to 264.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 258 to 90 and 102 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 7.31% or 2.82 to $41.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 7.10% or 3.06 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.60 to trade at $1122.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.52% to 3.9130, while EUR/ILS fell 1.18% to 4.3970.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 95.80.