Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 1.72% or 660 points to trade at 39010 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 0.34% or 70 points to end at 20760 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 0.32% or 12 points to 3740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 2.48% or 410 points to trade at 16150 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 2.40% or 39 points to end at 1586 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was down 1.69% or 260 points to 15120.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 177 to 160 and 107 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.29% or 0.66 to $50.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.22% or 0.64 to hit $51.87 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.51% or 6.45 to trade at $1268.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.8419, while EUR/ILS fell 0.45% to 4.3503.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 93.97.