Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 7.50% or 504 points to trade at 7227 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 7.00% or 4320 points to end at 66000 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 3.87% or 580 points to 15580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which fell 1.52% or 290 points to trade at 18820 at the close. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) declined 1.33% or 0.6 points to end at 44.4 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.30% or 6.8 points to 516.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 256 to 136 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.34% or 0.85 to $64.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.81% or 0.56 to hit $69.76 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1321.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.19% to 3.4201, while EUR/ILS rose 0.59% to 4.1189.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 91.63.