Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 2.27% or 360 points to trade at 16190 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 2.12% or 17.0 points to end at 818.0 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was up 1.84% or 270 points to 14950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which fell 2.95% or 64 points to trade at 2104 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.23% or 2300 points to end at 100900 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 2.09% or 500 points to 23400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 169 to 147 and 132 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.42% or 0.66 to $45.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.79% or 0.39 to hit $48.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1106.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.05% to 3.8832, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.2194.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 98.14.