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 lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.31% or 2140 points to trade at 66890 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 3.17% or 1900 points to end at 61800 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 0.99% or 60 points to 6149 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 3.57% or 27.0 points to trade at 729.0 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 3.04% or 126 points to end at 4021 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was down 1.97% or 69 points to 3425.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 211 to 122 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.54% or 0.27 to $49.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.80% or 0.40 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1222.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.29% to 3.8320, while EUR/ILS rose 0.03% to 4.2862.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 95.17.