Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 1.46% or 260.00 points to trade at 18050.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 1.09% or 230 points to end at 21270 and First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) was up 0.95% or 46 points to 4888 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 1.09% or 8.4 points to trade at 762.0 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 0.85% or 17 points to end at 1988 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 0.75% or 130 points to 17100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 166 to 161 and 111 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.50% or 0.23 to $45.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $47.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1322.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.8478, while EUR/ILS fell 0.45% to 4.2299.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 97.16.