Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.32% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which rose 1.52% or 105 points to trade at 6996 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 1.48% or 113 points to end at 7734 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.42% or 1070 points to 76550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which fell 1.50% or 2.4 points to trade at 157.9 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 1.42% or 35 points to end at 2425 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 1.35% or 103 points to 7499.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 207 to 179 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.70% or 1.10 to $65.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.88% or 1.42 to hit $76.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1301.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.5639, while EUR/ILS rose 0.18% to 4.2146.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.32.