Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.30% or 142 points to trade at 4451 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 2.91% or 730 points to end at 25820 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.78% or 64 points to 2365 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nice (TA:NICE), which fell 2.39% or 570 points to trade at 23300 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 1.50% or 1440 points to end at 94260 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was down 1.29% or 190 points to 14500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 184 to 147 and 119 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 4.39% or 2.03 to $48.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.63% or 1.83 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.86% or 9.80 to trade at $1123.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.30% to 3.9402, while EUR/ILS fell 0.88% to 4.3726.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.72% at 96.58.