Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 1.44% or 860 points to trade at 60460 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 1.38% or 1070 points to end at 78870 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.35% or 230 points to 17250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 3.07% or 126 points to trade at 3984 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 1.85% or 470 points to end at 24960 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 0.98% or 21 points to 2119.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 153 and 100 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.86% or 0.43 to $50.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.10% or 0.57 to hit $52.43 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.19% or 15.05 to trade at $1253.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.51% to 3.7892, while EUR/ILS rose 0.23% to 4.2327.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 96.55.