Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 4.15% or 2730 points to trade at 68530 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.86% or 63 points to end at 1695 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 1.90% or 44 points to 2364 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 1.76% or 270 points to trade at 15030 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.44% or 210 points to end at 14390 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.44% or 51 points to 3496.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 180 to 175 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Poalim (TA:POLI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.90% or 44 to 2364.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.69% or 0.37 to $53.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $56.85 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.45% or 16.85 to trade at $1182.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.48% to 3.8436, while EUR/ILS rose 0.76% to 4.0756.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.06% at 101.40.