Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 4.56% or 120 points to trade at 2750 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) added 4.28% or 86 points to end at 2096 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 1.89% or 3.3 points to 178.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.00% or 5.2 points to trade at 255.3 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) declined 1.71% or 380 points to end at 21820 and Shufersal (TA:SAE) was down 1.14% or 28 points to 2422.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 235 to 151 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.53% or 0.99 to $63.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.13% or 0.81 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.52% or 19.95 to trade at $1293.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.5810, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.0306.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.815.