Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.06% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT), which rose 2.19% or 20.3 points to trade at 946.0 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.81% or 115 points to end at 6475 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) was up 1.78% or 120 points to 6865 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 13.65% or 670 points to trade at 4238 in late trade. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 5.73% or 750 points to end at 12330 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) shed 3.83% or 890.0 points to 22320.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 265 to 144 and 7 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $54.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $60.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1279.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.21% to 3.5044, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.0889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.53.