Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 5.91% or 459 points to trade at 8227 at the close. Meanwhile, Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) added 4.67% or 168 points to end at 3768 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 3.05% or 71 points to 2401 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.26% or 210 points to trade at 16430 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) declined 1.07% or 490 points to end at 45190 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 0.88% or 12 points to 1349.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 232 to 150 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $52.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.30 to hit $60.84 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1281.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.6738, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 4.1711.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.988.