Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 1.27% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 1.22% or 350 points to trade at 29100 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 1.04% or 270 points to end at 26300 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 0.38% or 150 points to 40050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 3.69% or 3190 points to trade at 83160 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 3.10% or 44 points to end at 1375 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was down 3.01% or 8.0 points to 258.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 221 to 143 and 77 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.31% or 0.67 to $51.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.50% or 0.27 to hit $54.19 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.06% or 12.80 to trade at $1199.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.8205, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.0551.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 101.55.