Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.26% or 310 points to trade at 14050 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.16% or 290 points to end at 25260 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 1.05% or 9.5 points to 910.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG), which lost 2.38% or 670 points to trade at 27470 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.30% or 52 points to end at 2205 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) shed 2.23% or 1.3 points to 57.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 235 to 158 and 109 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.20% or 0.09 to $45.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.09% or 14.10 to trade at $1279.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.32% to 3.5290, while EUR/ILS fell 0.60% to 3.9613.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.93.