Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 3.37% or 510 points to trade at 15640 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.76% or 70 points to end at 2608 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 2.70% or 3500 points to 133000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.40% or 650 points to trade at 26460 in late trade. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 2.06% or 44 points to end at 2095 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 2.04% or 490 points to 23490.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 172 to 164 and 112 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.49% or 0.24 to $49.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.81% or 0.43 to hit $53.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1093.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.13% to 3.7877, while EUR/ILS fell 0.43% to 4.1373.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 97.67.