Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 4.17% or 450 points to trade at 11250 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 4.10% or 2710 points to end at 68760 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 4.01% or 224 points to 5808 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which fell 1.50% or 870 points to trade at 57020 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) declined 1.33% or 340 points to end at 25260 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was down 1.22% or 340 points to 27520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 255 to 150 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.70% or 1.24 to $47.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.96% or 1.50 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 8.08 to trade at $1322.18 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.14% to 3.5872, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.2626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.81.