Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 2.36% or 2120 points to trade at 92080 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 2.12% or 980 points to end at 47210 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was up 0.79% or 2.0 points to 256.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.87% or 520 points to trade at 17610 in late trade. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) declined 2.51% or 260 points to end at 10100 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 2.48% or 1690 points to 66440.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 232 to 144 and 44 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.27% or 0.17 to $63.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.85 to trade at $1274.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.65% to 3.5937, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.0366.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 97.123.