Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the TA-RealEstate Index, TA-Insurance & Financial Services Index and TA Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 7.28% or 52.90 points to trade at 780.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) added 6.28% or 1,400.00 points to end at 23,690.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was up 4.31% or 62.00 points to 1,502.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 1.45% or 1,190.00 points to trade at 80,700.00 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 1.08% or 160.00 points to end at 14,650.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) down 0.76% or 680.00 points to 89,240.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 345 to 122 and 72 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.19% or 0.16 to $83.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.15% or 0.13 to hit $87.21 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.50 to trade at $2,366.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS fell 0.17% to 4.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 104.83.