Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 4.88% or 162 points to trade at 3480 at the close. Osem (TA:OSEM) added 2.28% or 183 points to end at 8220 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was up 2.05% or 300 points to 14950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 4.44% or 2330 points to trade at 50110 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 3.27% or 720 points to end at 21280 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 1.03% or 210 points to 20230.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 149 and 113 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.59% or 1.38 to $39.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.43% or 0.98 to hit $41.31 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.88% or 35.40 to trade at $1265.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.64% to 3.8539, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.3621.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.96% at 94.78.