Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT), which rose 3.16% or 86 points to trade at 2810 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 2.35% or 7.8 points to end at 339.6 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.93% or 740 points to 39120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.96% or 42 points to trade at 1379 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 2.94% or 158 points to end at 5219 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) shed 2.90% or 205 points to 6857.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 161 and 41 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.06% or 1.08 to $51.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.39% or 0.85 to hit $60.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1290.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.21% to 3.6928, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.2034.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.835.