Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were International (TA:FTIN), which rose 5.95% or 267 points to trade at 4754 at the close. Discount (TA:DSCT) added 5.42% or 33.7 points to end at 655.6 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 3.15% or 137 points to 4488 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 5.52% or 2240 points to trade at 38330 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.60% or 1700 points to end at 63750 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 2.54% or 39 points to 1497.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 207 to 109 and 122 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.33% or 1.60 to $46.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.12% or 1.53 to hit $47.44 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 2.16% or 27.85 to trade at $1316.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.65% to 3.8816, while EUR/ILS fell 0.33% to 4.3280.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 95.39.