Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 6.12% or 2,700.00 points to trade at 46,800.00 at the close. Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) added 1.04% or 130.00 points to end at 12,580.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 0.28% or 40.00 points to 14,520.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TASE:HARL), which lost 4.37% or 138.00 points to trade at 3,023.00 in late trade. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 3.39% or 24.60 points to end at 700.40 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE) shed 3.15% or 112.00 points to 3,440.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 280 to 153 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.00% or 0.81 to $81.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.70 to hit $85.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.18% or 27.35 to trade at $2,340.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS rose 0.49% to 4.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 105.50.