Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 3.37% or 294.00 points to trade at 9,015.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) added 3.22% or 1,120.00 points to end at 35,900.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 3.19% or 1,370.00 points to 44,330.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 2.19% or 920.00 points to trade at 41,170.00 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) declined 1.11% or 820.00 points to end at 73,080.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was down 0.91% or 280.00 points to 30,370.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 310 to 152 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 3.15% or 2.15 to $70.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.02% or 2.21 to hit $75.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.60 to trade at $1,971.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.73% to 3.56, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 3.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.74% at 101.77.