Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 5.68% or 940 points to trade at 17500 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) added 2.74% or 670 points to end at 25150 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 2.19% or 510 points to 23780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which lost 2.61% or 890 points to trade at 33210 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.61% or 68 points to end at 4160 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 1.25% or 1130 points to 89370.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 144 and 121 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.21% or 0.09 to $41.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.58% or 0.26 to hit $44.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.26% or 13.50 to trade at $1082.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.8837, while EUR/ILS rose 0.31% to 4.1688.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 99.02.