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 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 5.26% or 750 points to trade at 15000 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 4.32% or 1480 points to end at 35770 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was up 3.23% or 315 points to 10060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 3.02% or 13.9 points to trade at 446.1 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 1.53% or 510.0 points to end at 32790.0 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 0.34% or 100 points to 28960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 222 to 185 and 8 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.81% or 0.54 to $66.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.97% or 0.70 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.30% or 17.70 to trade at $1342.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.5143, while EUR/ILS fell 0.29% to 4.3279.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 89.54.