Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 4.17% or 44 points to trade at 1098 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.58% or 1690 points to end at 67140 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 1.92% or 0.8 points to 42.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 4.89% or 424 points to trade at 8240 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.52% or 360 points to end at 23380 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) shed 1.47% or 82 points to 5505.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 212 to 169 and 36 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.34 to $56.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.89% or 0.59 to hit $66.71 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 14.80 to trade at $1214.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.55% to 3.7119, while EUR/ILS rose 0.69% to 4.2026.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.97.