Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.22% or 280 points to trade at 23210 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 1.01% or 300 points to end at 30000 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 0.73% or 15 points to 2060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which lost 3.17% or 500 points to trade at 15250 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.75% or 46 points to end at 1627 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 2.68% or 430 points to 15620.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 202 to 138 and 113 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.54% or 0.88 to $57.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.70% or 1.05 to hit $63.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.56% or 6.60 to trade at $1162.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.43% to 3.7685, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 4.1849.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 96.16.