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 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 6.45% or 134 points to trade at 2210 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 3.85% or 800 points to end at 21560 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was up 2.22% or 490.0 points to 22590.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 2.94% or 2020 points to trade at 66650 in late trade. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 2.19% or 610 points to end at 27190 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.97% or 22 points to 1094.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 212 to 187 and 17 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.38% or 0.20 to $52.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.82 to trade at $1286.98 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.5288, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.1578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.04.