Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 5.11% or 168 points to trade at 3453 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) added 3.25% or 85 points to end at 2701 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 2.79% or 2220 points to 81840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 3.78% or 790 points to trade at 20120 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.56% or 54 points to end at 2054 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was down 2.44% or 560 points to 22390.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 254 to 208 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.00% or 1.47 to $74.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.43% or 1.07 to hit $75.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1771.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.42% to 3.2708, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 3.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.502.