Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 1.85% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 0.76% or 150 points to trade at 20000 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 0.17% or 30 points to end at 17900 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was down 0.53% or 26 points to 4925 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 3.31% or 24.0 points to trade at 700.0 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 3.06% or 1060 points to end at 33600 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 2.93% or 1780 points to 59000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 274 to 89 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.31% or 24.0 to 700.0.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $50.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.95 to trade at $1258.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.8065, while EUR/ILS fell 0.02% to 4.1997.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 97.71.