Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 1.49% or 290 points to trade at 19730 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 0.86% or 140 points to end at 16450 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 0.54% or 90 points to 16630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.49% or 460 points to trade at 17990 in late trade. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 1.84% or 340 points to end at 18140 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 1.03% or 640 points to 61440.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 150 and 111 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.53% or 0.25 to $47.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $49.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.25 to trade at $1321.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.00% to 3.7529, while EUR/ILS rose 0.11% to 4.2142.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.41.