Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 5.58% or 107 points to trade at 2025 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 4.51% or 364 points to end at 8430 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 3.83% or 1.4 points to 38.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which fell 5.97% or 2710 points to trade at 42650 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 1.23% or 26 points to end at 2090 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was down 0.43% or 0.8 points to 184.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 213 to 157 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $64.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1187.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.6733, while EUR/ILS rose 0.15% to 4.1838.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.35.