Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 1.36% or 89.00 points to trade at 6,629.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 0.39% or 1.70 points to end at 436.70 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 0.23% or 40.00 points to 17,070.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which lost 3.26% or 29.00 points to trade at 861.00 in late trade. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 2.47% or 74.00 points to end at 2,921.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) shed 2.36% or 1,850.00 points to 76,660.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 296 to 132 and 112 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.46% or 1.80 to $75.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.43% or 1.86 to hit $78.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 15.35 to trade at $2,641.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.77, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.06% to 4.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 102.75.