Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 5.26% or 750 points to trade at 15000 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 4.32% or 1480 points to end at 35770 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was up 3.23% or 315 points to 10060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 3.02% or 13.9 points to trade at 446.1 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 1.53% or 510.0 points to end at 32790.0 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 0.34% or 100 points to 28960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 185 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) rose to all time highs; rising 4.32% or 1480 to 35770.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.82% or 0.55 to $66.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.99% or 0.71 to hit $71.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.32% or 17.90 to trade at $1342.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.5143, while EUR/ILS fell 0.29% to 4.3279.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 89.55.