Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 3.40% or 1070 points to trade at 32570 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 3.00% or 215 points to end at 7390 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) was up 2.05% or 470 points to 23430 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 7.28% or 35.2 points to trade at 448.0 in late trade. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 4.88% or 81 points to end at 1580 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) shed 4.18% or 108 points to 2478.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 182 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.62% or 0.40 to $64.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.29 to hit $69.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1322.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.05% to 3.5104, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.3181.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.72.