Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.22% or 780 points to trade at 35950 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.00% or 1540 points to end at 78590 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.46% or 300 points to 20780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 1.93% or 1200 points to trade at 61020 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.63% or 320 points to end at 19260 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 1.22% or 200 points to 16250.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 198 to 143 and 97 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $40.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.44% or 0.19 to hit $42.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.85 to trade at $1369.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.05% to 3.8254, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.2611.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.66.