Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 6.79% or 90 points to trade at 1416 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 3.52% or 85 points to end at 2500 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was up 1.77% or 163 points to 9380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which lost 1.97% or 350 points to trade at 17380 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.82% or 25 points to end at 1347 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 1.82% or 1000 points to 53960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 207 to 163 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.23% or 0.84 to $67.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.86% or 0.67 to hit $78.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.20 to trade at $1305.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.5668, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.1620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.03.