Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which rose 2.20% or 1270 points to trade at 59120 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 1.80% or 2100 points to end at 118900 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.77% or 1260 points to 72260 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nice (TA:NICE), which lost 3.56% or 890 points to trade at 24100 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 3.41% or 540 points to end at 15310 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) shed 2.42% or 115 points to 4646.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 196 to 138 and 119 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.01% or 0.61 to $59.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.69% or 0.43 to hit $63.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1172.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.83% to 3.7770, while EUR/ILS rose 0.71% to 4.2275.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.48.