Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 13.48% or 753 points to trade at 6340 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 3.80% or 530 points to end at 14470 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 2.48% or 4.1 points to 169.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.13% or 75 points to trade at 1742 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) declined 3.15% or 1510 points to end at 46490 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was down 2.33% or 730 points to 30640.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 156 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.23% or 0.13 to $56.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.25 to hit $62.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 7.20 to trade at $1255.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.11% to 3.5282, while EUR/ILS fell 0.26% to 4.1567.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 93.68.