Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 4.73% or 1160 points to trade at 25700 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.63% or 350 points to end at 13660 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 2.25% or 131 points to 5961 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which fell 2.08% or 450 points to trade at 21160 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.82% or 50 points to end at 2693 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 1.59% or 29 points to 1800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 207 to 203 and 91 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.57% or 1.23 to $46.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.34% or 1.19 to hit $49.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.39% or 17.30 to trade at $1231.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.6172, while EUR/ILS rose 0.49% to 3.9597.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 98.84.