Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.72% or 550 points to trade at 20740 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.62% or 65 points to end at 4072 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 0.86% or 2.1 points to 245.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which lost 2.67% or 500 points to trade at 18240 in late trade. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 1.85% or 1.2 points to end at 63.8 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) shed 1.47% or 940 points to 62910.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 182 to 162 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.43% or 0.70 to $48.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.91% or 0.45 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.15 to trade at $1212.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.8609, while EUR/ILS rose 0.00% to 4.3097.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.46.