Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mazor Robotics (TA:MZOR), which rose 4.32% or 358 points to trade at 8640 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 1.85% or 149 points to end at 8200 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 1.40% or 36 points to 2600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.73% or 142 points to trade at 8065 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.35% or 107 points to end at 7824 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was down 1.26% or 2.4 points to 188.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 180 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $77.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 8.30 to trade at $1209.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.48% to 3.5829, while EUR/ILS fell 0.46% to 4.1680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.01.