Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 4.73% or 1160 points to trade at 25700 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.63% or 350 points to end at 13660 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 2.25% or 131 points to 5961 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 2.08% or 450 points to trade at 21160 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.82% or 50 points to end at 2693 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 1.59% or 29 points to 1800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 207 to 203 and 91 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.57% or 1.23 to $46.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.34% or 1.19 to hit $49.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.39% or 17.30 to trade at $1231.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.6172, while EUR/ILS rose 0.49% to 3.9597.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 98.84.