Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Kenon Holdings Ltd (TA:KEN), which rose 3.34% or 264.00 points to trade at 8159.00 at the close. Leumi (TA:LUMI) added 2.87% or 44 points to end at 1579 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 2.30% or 48 points to 2136 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which lost 1.49% or 98 points to trade at 6462 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 1.32% or 210 points to end at 15700 and Osem (TA:OSEM) shed 0.89% or 71 points to 7950.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 138 and 123 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.69% or 1.04 to $60.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.58% or 1.03 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.68% or 8.10 to trade at $1178.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.21% to 3.8257, while EUR/ILS fell 0.58% to 4.2974.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 95.20.