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 25 added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 4.15% or 2730 points to trade at 68530 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.86% or 63 points to end at 1695 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 1.90% or 44 points to 2364 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 1.76% or 270 points to trade at 15030 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.44% or 210 points to end at 14390 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.44% or 51 points to 3496.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 180 to 175 and 86 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.69% or 0.37 to $53.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $56.85 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.45% or 16.85 to trade at $1182.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.48% to 3.8436, while EUR/ILS rose 0.76% to 4.0756.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.06% at 101.40.