Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 7.35% or 5300 points to trade at 77400 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.05% or 1330 points to end at 66250 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 1.93% or 35 points to 1852 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.37% or 1170 points to trade at 48260 in late trade. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 1.83% or 690 points to end at 37010 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 0.95% or 190 points to 19800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 146 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.83% or 0.81 to $43.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.83% or 0.84 to hit $44.96 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1252.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.00% to 3.7657, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.2510.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.56.