Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 2.71% or 550 points to trade at 20850 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 1.60% or 350 points to end at 22200 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.58% or 98 points to 6318 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 4.28% or 480 points to trade at 10730 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.94% or 780 points to end at 25740 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 2.85% or 52 points to 1773.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 324 to 86 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva (TA:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.28% or 480 to 10730.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.33% or 0.16 to $49.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.34% or 0.18 to hit $52.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.66 to trade at $1253.04 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.5985, while EUR/ILS fell 0.74% to 4.0041.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 97.51.