Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 2.44% or 18.2 points to trade at 763.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 0.80% or 130 points to end at 16360 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 0.78% or 120 points to 15480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 2.15% or 390 points to trade at 17740 at the close. First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) declined 1.85% or 89 points to end at 4715 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 1.75% or 1330 points to 74870.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 138 and 104 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.72% or 0.86 to $49.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.81% or 0.93 to hit $50.39 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.45 to trade at $1322.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.8514, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.2817.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.83.