Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 6.25% or 526.00 points to trade at 8,946.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 4.03% or 2,640.00 points to end at 68,160.00 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI) was up 2.90% or 88.00 points to 3,126.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 3.75% or 46.00 points to trade at 1,181.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.82% or 36.00 points to end at 1,241.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was down 1.81% or 100.00 points to 5,440.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 301 to 185 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.82% or 36.00 to 1,241.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.57% or 0.41 to $72.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.80 to trade at $1,800.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.43, while EUR/ILS rose 0.50% to 3.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.82.