Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.84% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 4.26% or 9.4 points to trade at 230.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 4.15% or 2750 points to end at 69000 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 3.66% or 44 points to 1245 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which fell 3.29% or 480 points to trade at 14100 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.66% or 92 points to end at 3364 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 2.35% or 15.0 points to 622.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 195 to 134 and 118 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.64% or 1.27 to $46.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.80% or 1.37 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.88% or 23.95 to trade at $1250.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.45% to 3.8672, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 4.3331.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.33.