Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 1.98% or 35 points to trade at 1799 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 1.47% or 48 points to end at 3323 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 1.43% or 66 points to 4678 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 3.75% or 1020 points to trade at 26200 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 1.93% or 400.0 points to end at 20300.0 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 1.44% or 390 points to 26750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 211 to 189 and 17 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.35% or 0.17 to $48.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.27 to hit $51.24 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.47 to trade at $1257.87 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.5552, while EUR/ILS fell 0.69% to 4.1473.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 93.81.