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 35 lost 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 2.76% or 84.00 points to trade at 3,129.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) added 2.64% or 141.00 points to end at 5,479.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 2.61% or 1,200.00 points to 47,200.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR), which fell 3.66% or 6,160.00 points to trade at 162,000.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 3.36% or 1,440.00 points to end at 41,400.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 3.07% or 84.00 points to 2,654.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 231 to 228 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.33% or 0.25 to $75.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 10.95 to trade at $1,969.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.82% to 3.61, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 100.61.