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

The gain was 1.15% at Tel Aviv’s close.

Nice Ltd. (TASE:) rose 2.52%, or 1,690.00 point to trade at 68.730.00 by the closing. Israel Discount Bank Ltd. (TASE) gained 2.37%, or 46.00 points, to close at 1,990.00. Leumi (TASE) also rose 2.26%, or 78.00 to 3,530.00 in late trading.

These were the worst performers of the session. OPKO Health Inc (TASE): The close was closed at 917.00, a drop of 2.13% (20.00 points). Maytronics TASE: (TASE:), fell 0.95%, or 57.00 point to finish at 5,970.00 Ormat Technologies (TASE): The drop in TASE was 0.90%, 240.00 points or 26540.00.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 330 to168, and ended the day unchanged at 27.

TASE: shares of OPKO Health Inc. fell 52 weeks to their lowest point; it dropped 2.13%, or 20.00 to 917.00.

The June delivery of crude oil was 2.65% higher or 2.70 at $104.72 per barrel. Brent oil rose by 1.92%, or 2.02, to reach $106.97 per barrel in July. The June Gold Futures contract dropped 0.11%, or 2.05, to trade at $1886.65 an troy ounce.

The USD/ILS rose 0.48% to $3.33 while the EUR/ILS increased 0.06% and 3.49 respectively.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.7% at 103.72.