Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.42% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 5.90% or 47.70 points to trade at 856.30 at the close. Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 5.74% or 276.00 points to end at 5,084.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 4.76% or 282.00 points to 6,211.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which lost 5.24% or 2,630.00 points to trade at 47,530.00 in late trade. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 3.23% or 2,860.00 points to end at 85,800.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) shed 0.94% or 140.00 points to 14,820.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 351 to 115 and 73 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.58% or 0.48 to $82.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.58% or 0.49 to hit $85.57 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.76% or 42.00 to trade at $2,421.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.43% to 3.64, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.02% to 3.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 104.01.