Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.53%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 4.28% or 480 points to trade at 10730 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.94% or 780 points to end at 25740 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 2.85% or 52 points to 1773.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 324 to 86 and 92 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.33% or 0.16 to $49.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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.