Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 7.14% or 230 points to trade at 3450 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.56% or 39 points to end at 1564 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 2.28% or 1420 points to 63620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 8.87% or 5010 points to trade at 51450 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.71% or 29 points to end at 1043 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was down 2.58% or 112 points to 4230.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 202 to 130 and 121 ended unchanged.
Shares in Perrigo (TA:PRGO) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.87% or 5010 to 51450.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.60% or 0.49 to $31.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.36% or 0.47 to hit $34.97 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.20 to trade at $1215.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.9116, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 4.3414.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.00% at 96.88.