Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL), which rose 10.77% or 7.0 points to trade at 72.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 7.38% or 2050 points to end at 29810 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 7.31% or 91 points to 1336 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 4.76% or 200 points to trade at 4000 at the close. Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) declined 1.82% or 500 points to end at 26900 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was down 1.32% or 104 points to 7798.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 235 to 166 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.21% or 0.48 to $40.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.57% or 0.66 to hit $42.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 10.15 to trade at $1790.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.4421, while EUR/ILS fell 0.37% to 3.8676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.250.