Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.25% or 78 points to trade at 3543 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.11% or 380 points to end at 34680 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 0.74% or 5.6 points to 763.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which fell 2.20% or 1350 points to trade at 60150 at the close. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 1.80% or 1.3 points to end at 71.1 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was down 1.76% or 290 points to 16210.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 204 to 152 and 89 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.55% or 1.14 to $43.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.47% or 1.16 to hit $45.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.75 to trade at $1317.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.7718, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2216.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 95.67.