Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 13.48% or 753 points to trade at 6340 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 3.80% or 530 points to end at 14470 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 2.48% or 4.1 points to 169.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 4.13% or 75 points to trade at 1742 in late trade. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) declined 3.15% or 1510 points to end at 46490 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) shed 2.33% or 730 points to 30640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 229 to 156 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.23% or 0.13 to $56.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.25 to hit $62.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 7.20 to trade at $1255.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.5284, while EUR/ILS fell 0.26% to 4.1566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 93.68.