Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 6.65% or 4010 points to trade at 64300 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 4.76% or 72 points to end at 1584 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 3.24% or 1990 points to 63390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.04% or 760 points to trade at 36460 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 0.87% or 33 points to end at 3775 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) shed 0.11% or 7 points to 6247.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 207 to 120 and 111 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.47% or 0.66 to $45.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.71% or 0.79 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.09% or 14.65 to trade at $1328.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.8521, while EUR/ILS fell 0.31% to 4.2773.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 96.21.