Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 2.00% or 270 points to trade at 13770 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 1.90% or 78 points to end at 4185 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 1.30% or 770 points to 59790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.67% or 660 points to trade at 24100 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.27% or 1590 points to end at 68600 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) shed 1.60% or 490 points to 30200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 197 to 132 and 120 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.88% or 0.83 to $44.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.02% or 0.48 to hit $48.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.57% or 6.30 to trade at $1108.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.09% to 3.8976, while EUR/ILS rose 0.18% to 4.3722.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.92.