Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 4.35% or 3550 points to trade at 85150 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 1.82% or 320 points to end at 17950 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.67% or 4.0 points to 243.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.93% or 260 points to trade at 13200 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.49% or 47 points to end at 3108 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was down 0.95% or 0.6 points to 62.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 219 to 165 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) rose to all time highs; up 1.82% or 320 to 17950.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.13% or 1.14 to $54.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.24% or 1.25 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.41% or 17.35 to trade at $1250.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.6955, while EUR/ILS rose 0.29% to 3.9144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 100.87.