Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 2.78% or 760 points to trade at 28070 at the close. Meanwhile, Leumi (TA:LUMI) added 2.72% or 45 points to end at 1700 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) was up 2.29% or 137 points to 6129 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which fell 3.66% or 760 points to trade at 20000 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) declined 3.61% or 187 points to end at 5000 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) was down 2.43% or 680 points to 27320.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 213 to 198 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.78% or 760 to 28070.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.42% or 0.73 to $50.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.19% or 0.64 to hit $53.32 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.47 to trade at $1255.57 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.29% to 3.5718, while EUR/ILS fell 0.35% to 4.0050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.08.