Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 2.41% or 1440 points to trade at 61240 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) added 1.89% or 930 points to end at 50100 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) was up 1.57% or 2.8 points to 180.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which fell 1.77% or 4.7 points to trade at 261.0 at the close. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) declined 1.24% or 0.9 points to end at 71.6 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was down 1.16% or 270 points to 22980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 200 to 179 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.68% or 0.39 to $56.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.47% or 0.30 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.55 to trade at $1418.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.5639, while EUR/ILS rose 0.01% to 4.0213.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.328.