Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 4.88% or 162 points to trade at 3480 at the close. Meanwhile, Osem (TA:OSEM) added 2.28% or 183 points to end at 8220 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was up 2.05% or 300 points to 14950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 4.44% or 2330 points to trade at 50110 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 3.27% or 720 points to end at 21280 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was down 1.03% or 210 points to 20230.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 191 to 149 and 113 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.56% or 1.37 to $39.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.48% or 1.00 to hit $41.33 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.89% or 35.60 to trade at $1265.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.64% to 3.8539, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.3606.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.96% at 94.78.