Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 6.65% or 4010 points to trade at 64300 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 4.76% or 72 points to end at 1584 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 3.24% or 1990 points to 63390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 2.04% or 760 points to trade at 36460 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 0.87% or 33 points to end at 3775 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 0.11% or 7 points to 6247.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 207 to 120 and 111 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.50% or 0.67 to $45.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.71% or 0.79 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.08% or 14.45 to trade at $1329.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.39% to 3.8525, while EUR/ILS fell 0.31% to 4.2773.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 96.21.