Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 4.35% or 3550 points to trade at 85150 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 1.82% or 320 points to end at 17950 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.67% or 4.0 points to 243.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 1.93% or 260 points to trade at 13200 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.49% or 47 points to end at 3108 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) shed 0.95% or 0.6 points to 62.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 165 and 57 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.00% or 1.07 to $54.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.04% or 1.14 to hit $56.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 16.95 to trade at $1250.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.6955, while EUR/ILS rose 0.29% to 3.9144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 100.87.