Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 3.77% or 600 points to trade at 16500 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.39% or 140 points to end at 6000 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.37% or 5.7 points to 246.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.94% or 1060 points to trade at 34940 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.41% or 280 points to end at 19620 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 0.44% or 17 points to 3833.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 187 to 159 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.55% or 0.24 to $43.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.31% or 0.60 to hit $46.45 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.65 to trade at $1323.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.52% to 3.7682, while EUR/ILS fell 0.58% to 4.2366.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.35.