Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 3.07% or 22 points to trade at 738 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 1.74% or 210 points to end at 12300 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 1.69% or 830 points to 49900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which fell 5.32% or 1010 points to trade at 17960 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 3.65% or 1630 points to end at 43070 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 3.07% or 74 points to 2337.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 257 to 128 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.01% or 0.53 to $52.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.54% or 0.31 to hit $57.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.75 to trade at $1513.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.4914, while EUR/ILS rose 0.33% to 3.8354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 98.425.