Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 7.10% or 1760 points to trade at 26560 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 2.27% or 230 points to end at 10380 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.19% or 32 points to 1490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.01% or 90 points to trade at 2153 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 2.39% or 219 points to end at 8960 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was down 2.37% or 340 points to 13980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 293 to 124 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) fell to all time lows; falling 4.01% or 90 to 2153.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $50.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.66 to trade at $1264.34 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.5513, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 3.9867.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 97.03.