Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.45% or 540 points to trade at 22620 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) fell 0.14% or 20 points to end at 14070 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 0.19% or 4 points to 2158 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which lost 2.77% or 129 points to trade at 4535 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.63% or 2400 points to end at 89000 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 2.49% or 380 points to 14900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 172 to 133 and 139 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.51% or 0.72 to $48.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.67% or 0.85 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.30 to trade at $1144.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.8600, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.3513.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 95.45.