Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 3.20% or 1320 points to trade at 42550 at the close. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) added 2.03% or 187 points to end at 9392 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.28% or 220 points to 17440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 2.46% or 146 points to trade at 5790 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.66% or 17 points to end at 1006 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) shed 1.16% or 28 points to 2387.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 200 to 175 and 50 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.11% or 0.06 to $53.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $63.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1312.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.6545, while EUR/ILS rose 0.33% to 4.1203.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.023.