Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.12% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.21% or 66 points to trade at 1633 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 3.44% or 1320 points to end at 39700 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 1.65% or 36 points to 2221 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 2.68% or 1310 points to trade at 47550 in late trade. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.20% or 9.0 points to end at 400.0 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 2.16% or 340 points to 15410.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 211 to 172 and 35 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $66.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.76% or 0.58 to hit $76.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.20 to trade at $1309.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.40% to 3.6046, while EUR/ILS fell 0.79% to 4.2001.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.82% at 94.33.