Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 8.57% or 2670 points to trade at 33820 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 2.98% or 460 points to end at 15920 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.46% or 380 points to 26480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which lost 3.91% or 134 points to trade at 3296 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 3.33% or 540 points to end at 15700 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 3.30% or 540 points to 15820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 179 to 165 and 100 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.04% or 0.47 to $44.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.82% or 0.38 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1270.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.8372, while EUR/ILS rose 0.18% to 4.1753.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 98.93.