Israel shares higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.27%

Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors propelled 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 lost 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) shed 1.49% or 70.00 points to 4,620.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 259 to 182 and 98 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.49% or 1.07 to $73.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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 1.24% or 31.60 to trade at $2,515.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.11% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS fell 0.48% to 4.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 101.37.