Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 13.85% or 187 points to trade at 1537 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 5.85% or 145 points to end at 2625 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 5.84% or 80 points to 1450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 2.24% or 1170 points to trade at 51050 in late trade. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.21% or 9.4 points to end at 416.0 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 2.16% or 770 points to 34820.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 189 and 29 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.11% or 0.08 to $71.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.14 to hit $77.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.20 to trade at $1318.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.5727, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 4.2470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 92.81.