Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 7.10% or 1760 points to trade at 26560 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 2.27% or 230 points to end at 10380 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.19% or 32 points to 1490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 4.01% or 90 points to trade at 2153 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 2.39% or 219 points to end at 8960 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) shed 2.37% or 340 points to 13980.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 293 to 124 and 86 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $50.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.66 to trade at $1264.34 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.5513, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 3.9867.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 97.03.