Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 1.33% or 108.00 points to trade at 8,222.00 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) added 1.27% or 26.00 points to end at 2,077.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 1.10% or 700.00 points to 64,300.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which lost 4.07% or 126.00 points to trade at 2,970.00 in late trade. Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) declined 2.54% or 400.00 points to end at 15,360.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) shed 2.37% or 2,260.00 points to 93,000.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 306 to 163 and 68 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $70.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 19.64 to trade at $2,655.14 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.71% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS rose 0.83% to 3.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 107.95.