Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Poalim (TA:POLI), which rose 2.16% or 52 points to trade at 2462 at the close. Meanwhile, Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 1.11% or 1.9 points to end at 172.7 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 0.92% or 18 points to 1976 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 3.13% or 1730 points to trade at 53460 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) declined 2.22% or 161 points to end at 7084 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was down 1.91% or 122 points to 6280.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 230 to 164 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.93% or 0.52 to $56.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.18% or 0.72 to hit $61.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.89% or 11.30 to trade at $1254.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.5131, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.1418.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.67.