Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 1.79% or 110 points to trade at 6250 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 1.72% or 340 points to end at 20140 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.24% or 400 points to 32700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melisron (TA:MLSR), which lost 1.27% or 220 points to trade at 17100 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 0.57% or 4.2 points to end at 737.8 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 0.55% or 21 points to 3805.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 135 and 98 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.00% or 1.25 to $42.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.04% or 1.34 to hit $45.39 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.40% or 5.45 to trade at $1357.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.31% to 3.8066, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 4.2548.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.58.