Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.57% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.38% or 560 points to trade at 24050 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 2.09% or 340 points to end at 16640 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 2.03% or 600 points to 30170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which fell 2.57% or 128 points to trade at 4850 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TA:KEN) declined 1.11% or 93.00 points to end at 8265.00 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was down 1.06% or 620 points to 57900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 176 to 148 and 131 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.85% or 1.68 to $60.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.61% or 1.70 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.90 to trade at $1205.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.8731, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 4.3065.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 95.41.