Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.25% or 78 points to trade at 3543 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.11% or 380 points to end at 34680 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 0.74% or 5.6 points to 763.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 2.20% or 1350 points to trade at 60150 in late trade. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 1.80% or 1.3 points to end at 71.1 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) shed 1.76% or 290 points to 16210.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 204 to 152 and 89 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.57% or 1.15 to $43.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.47% or 1.16 to hit $45.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.70 to trade at $1317.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.7718, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2216.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 95.66.