Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.83% or 54 points to trade at 3010 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.41% or 22 points to end at 1583 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.35% or 930 points to 69930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which fell 6.02% or 9.3 points to trade at 145.1 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 2.39% or 156 points to end at 6358 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 2.34% or 19.6 points to 816.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 208 to 183 and 67 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.29% or 0.14 to $48.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.79 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.30% or 27.65 to trade at $1228.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.02% to 3.6290, while EUR/ILS rose 0.01% to 3.8962.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 100.19.