Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 2.09% or 30 points to trade at 1468 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 1.43% or 10.8 points to end at 764.0 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 0.67% or 13 points to 1943 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 1.95% or 290 points to trade at 14620 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.45% or 1180 points to end at 79920 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was down 1.35% or 230 points to 16800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 192 to 165 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.43% or 10.8 to 764.0.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.53% or 0.86 to $55.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.70% or 0.45 to hit $62.88 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1196.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.53% to 3.9440, while EUR/ILS fell 0.38% to 4.2202.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 98.33.