Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 2.66% or 490 points to trade at 18880 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.90% or 68 points to end at 3645 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 1.36% or 83 points to 6166 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.10% or 15.9 points to trade at 741.1 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.08% or 17 points to end at 1563 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was down 1.07% or 42 points to 3890.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 188 to 181 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.66% or 490 to 18880.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.81% or 1.28 to $46.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.46% or 1.18 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1349.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.19% to 3.7529, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 4.2315.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.80.