Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 3.67% or 740 points to trade at 20930 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 3.43% or 209 points to end at 6306 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 2.50% or 50 points to 2049 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which fell 2.33% or 88 points to trade at 3690 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) declined 1.84% or 500 points to end at 26660 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 1.75% or 740 points to 41660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 243 to 158 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.40% or 0.19 to $47.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1245.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.09% to 3.6479, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.00% to 3.9350.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.55.