Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.16% or 1870 points to trade at 61000 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.65% or 39 points to end at 1509 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.81% or 250 points to 14060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which lost 2.97% or 21.0 points to trade at 687.0 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.16% or 75 points to end at 3401 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 2.05% or 380 points to 18150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 191 to 156 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.80% or 1.88 to $51.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.03% or 2.09 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.35% or 4.15 to trade at $1169.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.02% to 3.8327, while EUR/ILS rose 0.15% to 4.0673.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 101.31.