Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.22% or 280 points to trade at 23210 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 1.01% or 300 points to end at 30000 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 0.73% or 15 points to 2060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 3.17% or 500 points to trade at 15250 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.75% or 46 points to end at 1627 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was down 2.68% or 430 points to 15620.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 202 to 138 and 113 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.56% or 0.89 to $57.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.69% or 1.04 to hit $63.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 6.70 to trade at $1162.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.43% to 3.7685, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 4.1849.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 96.14.