Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Poalim (TA:POLI), which rose 2.16% or 52 points to trade at 2462 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 1.11% or 1.9 points to end at 172.7 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 0.92% or 18 points to 1976 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 3.13% or 1730 points to trade at 53460 in late trade. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) declined 2.22% or 161 points to end at 7084 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) shed 1.91% or 122 points to 6280.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 230 to 164 and 25 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.93% or 0.52 to $56.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.18% or 0.72 to hit $61.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.89% or 11.30 to trade at $1254.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.5131, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.1418.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.67.