Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the TA Biomed, TA Banks 5 and TA Finance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 3.51% or 1,380.00 points to trade at 40,730.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 2.17% or 780.00 points to end at 36,690.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 1.72% or 2,410.00 points to 142,710.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 1.64% or 43.00 points to trade at 2,572.00 in late trade. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.52% or 53.00 points to end at 3,440.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) down 1.49% or 70.00 points to 4,620.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 259 to 182 and 98 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.49% or 1.07 to $73.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.47% or 1.12 to hit $77.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 31.30 to trade at $2,516.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS fell 0.49% to 4.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 101.37.