Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 3.77% or 2340 points to trade at 64440 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 1.20% or 710 points to end at 59690 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 0.89% or 120 points to 13530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.02% or 17.5 points to trade at 847.5 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 1.80% or 650 points to end at 35370 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 1.51% or 310 points to 20270.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 182 to 159 and 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva (TA:TEVA) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.51% or 310 to 20270.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.49% or 0.57 to $38.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.42% or 0.57 to hit $40.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.74% or 9.10 to trade at $1237.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.80% to 3.7556, while EUR/ILS fell 0.34% to 4.2775.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.51.