Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 4.01% or 430 points to trade at 11160 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 3.01% or 18.8 points to end at 643.0 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.24% or 570 points to 26050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 3.20% or 2520 points to trade at 76230 in late trade. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) declined 3.15% or 830 points to end at 25550 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) shed 2.89% or 560 points to 18850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 303 to 95 and 102 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.47% or 0.21 to $44.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.21% or 0.10 to hit $46.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.42% or 18.14 to trade at $1257.76 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.5299, while EUR/ILS fell 0.41% to 3.9348.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 97.44.