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 declined 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 2.64% or 6.9 points to trade at 268.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 2.54% or 35 points to end at 1411 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.73% or 1400 points to 82550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.01% or 144 points to trade at 3449 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 3.31% or 670 points to end at 19570 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 2.35% or 810 points to 33660.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 181 to 153 and 111 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.66% or 0.31 to $47.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.00% or 0.49 to hit $49.54 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.35 to trade at $1325.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.7565, while EUR/ILS fell 0.09% to 4.2374.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.72.