Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mazor Robotics (TA:MZOR), which rose 4.32% or 358 points to trade at 8640 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 1.85% or 149 points to end at 8200 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 1.40% or 36 points to 2600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 1.73% or 142 points to trade at 8065 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.35% or 107 points to end at 7824 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) shed 1.26% or 2.4 points to 188.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 220 to 180 and 15 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $77.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 8.30 to trade at $1209.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.48% to 3.5829, while EUR/ILS fell 0.46% to 4.1680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.99.