Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.16% or 1870 points to trade at 61000 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.65% or 39 points to end at 1509 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.81% or 250 points to 14060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.97% or 21.0 points to trade at 687.0 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.16% or 75 points to end at 3401 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 2.05% or 380 points to 18150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 191 to 156 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.78% or 1.87 to $51.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.03% or 2.09 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.33% or 3.90 to trade at $1170.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.02% to 3.8327, while EUR/ILS rose 0.15% to 4.0673.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 101.31.