Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Banking and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 2.78% or 66 points to trade at 2443 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 2.65% or 203 points to end at 7850 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 2.64% or 45 points to 1750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG), which fell 0.78% or 180 points to trade at 22980 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 0.38% or 120.0 points to end at 31240.0 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was 0.00% or 0 points to 1660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 198 to 179 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) rose to all time highs; up 2.65% or 203 to 7850.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.59% or 0.42 to $71.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.22% or 0.97 to hit $80.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1289.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.31% to 3.5975, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2414.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.41.