Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 1.15% or 190 points to trade at 16710 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 1.11% or 160 points to end at 14560 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 0.91% or 55 points to 6094 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 1.65% or 74 points to trade at 4410 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.54% or 500 points to end at 31930 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 1.50% or 210 points to 13830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 149 and 74 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $54.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.83% or 9.45 to trade at $1150.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.8446, while EUR/ILS rose 0.47% to 4.0324.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 102.70.