Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 7.92% or 4200 points to trade at 57200 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) added 6.31% or 56 points to end at 947 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) was up 2.44% or 4.2 points to 176.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which fell 1.46% or 260 points to trade at 17520 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 1.09% or 3.0 points to end at 272.8 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 0.91% or 60 points to 6540.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 258 to 148 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.39% or 0.24 to $60.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $65.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 4.45 to trade at $1527.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.4503, while EUR/ILS fell 0.52% to 3.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 96.515.