Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 2.49% or 230 points to trade at 9460 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) added 2.35% or 60 points to end at 2613 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 2.00% or 310 points to 15830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 34.99% or 720 points to trade at 1338 in late trade. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) declined 2.22% or 29.0 points to end at 1276.0 and Mazor Robotics (TA:MZOR) shed 1.97% or 178 points to 8863.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 195 and 18 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.46% or 1.73 to $68.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.84% or 1.47 to hit $78.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1208.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.5716, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 4.1700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.63.