Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco L (TA:ISRAp), which rose 3.32% or 2.2 points to trade at 68.4 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.03% or 46 points to end at 1565 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 2.36% or 1500 points to 65190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Partner (TA:PTNR), which lost 3.44% or 63 points to trade at 1769 in late trade. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 2.18% or 3.2 points to end at 143.7 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) shed 1.88% or 370 points to 19290.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 249 to 158 and 95 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.58% or 1.28 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.50% or 1.31 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.67 to trade at $1266.87 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.00% to 3.6376, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 3.9524.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 99.09.