Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Insurance and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which rose 0.52% or 300 points to trade at 57990 at the close. International (TA:FTIN) added 0.26% or 14 points to end at 5316 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 0.04% or 10 points to 24790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which lost 3.50% or 500 points to trade at 13800 in late trade. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 2.34% or 350.00 points to end at 14630.00 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 2.33% or 350 points to 14690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 217 to 108 and 132 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.41% or 1.68 to $50.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.10% or 2.31 to hit $58.80 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.58% or 6.90 to trade at $1203.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.78% to 3.9575, while EUR/ILS rose 0.32% to 4.3197.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 97.37.