Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 3.02% or 510 points to trade at 17420 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 1.52% or 85 points to end at 5662 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 1.49% or 29 points to 1980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 6.01% or 431 points to trade at 6735 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 4.28% or 45 points to end at 1007 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 3.78% or 78 points to 1985.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 211 to 164 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.56% or 1.38 to $52.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.64% or 1.03 to hit $61.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1312.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.30% to 3.6316, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 4.1242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.203.