Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 4.77% or 201 points to trade at 4414 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 4.05% or 65 points to end at 1669 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 2.38% or 4.3 points to 184.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which lost 2.18% or 1080 points to trade at 48500 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.14% or 1150 points to end at 52550 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) shed 2.09% or 1.0 points to 46.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 248 to 150 and 12 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.47% or 0.26 to $55.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $62.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.15 to trade at $1280.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.5198, while EUR/ILS fell 0.47% to 4.1425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.77.