Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.62% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 2.90% or 430 points to trade at 15250 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.21% or 2300 points to end at 106300 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.02% or 5.5 points to 277.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nice (TA:NICE), which lost 1.66% or 400 points to trade at 23750 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.45% or 10.9 points to end at 739.1 and International (TA:FTIN) shed 0.49% or 27 points to 5535.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 158 and 92 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.58% or 0.79 to $49.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.95% or 1.69 to hit $55.41 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.96% or 11.60 to trade at $1196.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.50% to 3.9425, while EUR/ILS rose 0.58% to 4.2889.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.76% at 97.78.