Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 7.31% or 4890 points to trade at 71800 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 6.01% or 94 points to end at 1659 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 5.03% or 100 points to 2089 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Partner (TA:PTNR), which lost 3.89% or 88 points to trade at 2172 in late trade. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) declined 2.43% or 83 points to end at 3333 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 2.15% or 420 points to 19120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 191 and 61 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.35% or 1.18 to $49.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.17% or 1.15 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 5.90 to trade at $1203.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.6896, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 3.9039.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 101.98.