Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 1.27% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 1.22% or 350 points to trade at 29100 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 1.04% or 270 points to end at 26300 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 0.38% or 150 points to 40050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 3.69% or 3190 points to trade at 83160 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 3.10% or 44 points to end at 1375 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 3.01% or 8.0 points to 258.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 221 to 143 and 77 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.29% or 0.66 to $51.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.04% or 0.56 to hit $54.48 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.04% or 12.65 to trade at $1199.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.8205, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 4.0533.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 101.52.