Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 3.31% or 450 points to trade at 14050 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 2.35% or 610 points to end at 26530 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 2.11% or 240 points to 11590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which lost 2.15% or 430 points to trade at 19570 in late trade. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) declined 2.06% or 100 points to end at 4757 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) shed 1.48% or 53 points to 3520.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 203 to 198 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.42% or 0.21 to hit $49.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.24 to trade at $1245.24 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.5543, while EUR/ILS rose 0.62% to 4.1354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 94.03.