Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 4.95% or 255 points to trade at 5405 at the close. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) added 4.02% or 263 points to end at 6798 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 3.43% or 490 points to 14790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Poalim (TA:POLI), which lost 2.99% or 72 points to trade at 2333 in late trade. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 2.59% or 70 points to end at 2632 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) shed 2.22% or 40 points to 1765.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 173 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.03% or 1.41 to $45.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.82% or 1.56 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 7.50 to trade at $1277.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.7710, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 4.2989.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 96.275.