Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 13.92% or 3920 points to trade at 32090 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 3.38% or 430 points to end at 13170 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.87% or 76 points to 4136 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 15.60% or 357 points to trade at 1932 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 5.14% or 3410 points to end at 62910 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 3.69% or 55 points to 1434.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 296 to 108 and 9 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.06% or 0.60 to $57.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.98% or 0.62 to hit $64.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.28 to trade at $1283.42 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.28% to 3.5208, while EUR/ILS rose 0.58% to 4.0948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.56.