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 25 declined 0.09% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 2.16% or 1200 points to trade at 56810 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.49% or 73 points to end at 4973 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 1.31% or 780 points to 60120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.61% or 430 points to trade at 16040 in late trade. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 1.17% or 430 points to end at 36260 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 0.96% or 190 points to 19680.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 190 to 163 and 91 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.71% or 0.32 to $45.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.64% or 8.35 to trade at $1299.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.8129, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.2302.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.25.