Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which rose 2.25% or 1070 points to trade at 48620 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 0.56% or 12 points to end at 2156 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 0.49% or 9 points to 1864 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.50% or 1870 points to trade at 73050 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.41% or 76 points to end at 3072 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) shed 1.87% or 91 points to 4777.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 203 to 196 and 14 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.45% or 0.21 to $46.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.13% or 0.57 to hit $50.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.03 to trade at $1288.93 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.00% to 3.6233, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 4.2523.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.59.