Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Biomed and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which rose 2.03% or 49.00 points to trade at 2,459.00 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) added 2.01% or 36.00 points to end at 1,823.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 1.95% or 19.00 points to 992.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nova (TASE:NVMI), which lost 5.22% or 3,870.00 points to trade at 70,200.00 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 3.20% or 520.00 points to end at 15,710.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) shed 3.02% or 920.00 points to 29,590.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 215 and 71 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.15% or 0.79 to $69.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.03% or 0.74 to hit $72.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.88% or 52.70 to trade at $2,748.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.88% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS rose 0.91% to 4.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 104.03.