Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 3.67% or 740 points to trade at 20930 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 3.43% or 209 points to end at 6306 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 2.50% or 50 points to 2049 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which lost 2.33% or 88 points to trade at 3690 in late trade. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) declined 1.84% or 500 points to end at 26660 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) shed 1.75% or 740 points to 41660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 243 to 158 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.40% or 0.19 to $47.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1245.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.09% to 3.6479, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.00% to 3.9350.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.55.