Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Communication, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 3.30% or 730 points to trade at 22840 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 3.28% or 104 points to end at 3270 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 2.96% or 35 points to 1216 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which fell 0.61% or 180 points to trade at 29100 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) declined 0.42% or 190 points to end at 45000 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was down 0.17% or 16 points to 9184.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 271 to 228 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.30% or 1.01 to $78.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.32% or 1.07 to hit $82.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 3.25 to trade at $1758.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.27% to 3.2253, while EUR/ILS fell 0.29% to 3.7266.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 94.188.