Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 3.31% or 450 points to trade at 14050 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 2.35% or 610 points to end at 26530 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 2.11% or 240 points to 11590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which fell 2.15% or 430 points to trade at 19570 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) declined 2.06% or 100 points to end at 4757 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was down 1.48% or 53 points to 3520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 203 to 198 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.40% or 0.20 to hit $49.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.34 to trade at $1245.34 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.5543, while EUR/ILS rose 0.62% to 4.1354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 94.03.