Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 2.10% or 530 points to trade at 25780 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.78% or 80 points to end at 4575 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.53% or 220 points to 14570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 3.93% or 2450 points to trade at 59850 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 3.10% or 530 points to end at 16540 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) shed 2.87% or 100 points to 3390.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 226 to 115 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.18% or 0.60 to $50.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.52% or 0.28 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 3.01% or 35.05 to trade at $1128.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.61% to 3.8517, while EUR/ILS fell 0.52% to 4.0121.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.20% at 103.25.