Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.09% or 600 points to trade at 29330 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 1.03% or 150 points to end at 14670 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 0.71% or 90 points to 12850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which fell 1.82% or 370 points to trade at 19960 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.60% or 10.5 points to end at 645.0 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.59% or 52 points to 3217.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 201 to 152 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.60% or 10.5 to 645.0.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.48% or 0.26 to $53.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $56.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 10.65 to trade at $1218.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.55% to 3.7536, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.0559.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 99.46.