Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.53%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 7.62% or 28.80 points to trade at 407.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TASE:HARL) added 2.65% or 80.00 points to end at 3,101.00 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) was up 2.39% or 74.00 points to 3,172.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 2.93% or 1,170.00 points to trade at 38,700.00 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) declined 2.72% or 1,600.00 points to end at 57,240.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was down 0.94% or 240.00 points to 25,160.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 265 to 234 and 28 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.43% or 1.13 to $77.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.48% or 1.24 to hit $82.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 8.95 to trade at $1,824.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.57% to 3.52, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.05% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 103.71.