Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Communication, Biomed and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.90% or 360 points to trade at 12790 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.73% or 55 points to end at 3232 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 1.05% or 63 points to 6083 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 3.26% or 2460 points to trade at 73090 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 2.43% or 44 points to end at 1769 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 2.21% or 29 points to 1283.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 183 to 163 and 95 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.97% or 1.04 to $53.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.23% or 1.23 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.99% or 11.80 to trade at $1186.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.7912, while EUR/ILS fell 0.50% to 4.0461.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 100.61.