Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.87% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 5.54% or 1,600.00 points to trade at 30,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 5.02% or 4,700.00 points to end at 98,310.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 3.80% or 215.00 points to 5,867.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which fell 1.78% or 270.00 points to trade at 14,890.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 0.86% or 16.00 points to end at 1,847.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 0.77% or 570.00 points to 73,680.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 282 to 194 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.76% or 0.62 to $80.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.72% or 0.62 to hit $85.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 14.65 to trade at $2,175.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.10% to 3.60, while EUR/ILS fell 1.69% to 3.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 103.71.