Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 6.20% or 390 points to trade at 6680 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 1.06% or 160 points to end at 15230 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.06% or 140 points to 13400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 3.18% or 23.0 points to trade at 700.0 at the close. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 1.52% or 1.2 points to end at 78.0 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was down 1.05% or 3.1 points to 291.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 184 to 159 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $49.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.20 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.50 to trade at $1092.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.8240, while EUR/ILS rose 0.55% to 4.1982.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 97.34.