Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp), which rose 3.30% or 34 points to trade at 1065 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 3.28% or 104 points to end at 3270 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) was up 2.61% or 1070 points to 42000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shufersal (TASE:SAE), which lost 1.86% or 45 points to trade at 2375 in late trade. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.47% or 40 points to end at 2673 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) shed 1.25% or 130 points to 10250.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 234 to 155 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.45% or 0.27 to $59.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.35% or 0.23 to hit $65.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.45 to trade at $1409.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.52% to 3.5729, while EUR/ILS fell 0.55% to 4.0602.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.787.