Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 2.99% or 239 points to trade at 8230 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 2.28% or 420 points to end at 18850 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 1.00% or 40 points to 4040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.28% or 640 points to trade at 27480 in late trade. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) declined 2.15% or 380 points to end at 17310 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.98% or 44 points to 2175.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 221 to 156 and 26 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.78% or 0.53 to $68.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $73.10 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.40 to trade at $1217.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.31% to 3.6489, while EUR/ILS rose 0.09% to 4.2374.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 95.17.