Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.72% or 29 points to trade at 1095 at the close. Meanwhile, Shufersal (TA:SAE) added 2.65% or 54 points to end at 2089 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.63% or 42 points to 1642 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which fell 1.71% or 580.0 points to trade at 33370.0 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 1.64% or 550 points to end at 33060 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 1.34% or 280 points to 20680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 176 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.32% or 0.22 to $68.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.93% or 0.69 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1318.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.19% to 3.5828, while EUR/ILS fell 0.61% to 4.3399.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 91.33.