Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 6.10% or 2,100.00 points to trade at 36,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 4.40% or 287.00 points to end at 6,807.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 3.91% or 560.00 points to 14,890.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 1.26% or 17.00 points to trade at 1,327.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 0.85% or 17.00 points to end at 1,983.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) was down 0.70% or 42.00 points to 5,999.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 326 to 121 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.40% or 287.00 to 6,807.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.61% or 1.24 to $78.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.73% or 1.38 to hit $81.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 11.80 to trade at $2,491.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.74% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS fell 1.02% to 4.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 102.76.