Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 2.00% or 270 points to trade at 13770 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 1.90% or 78 points to end at 4185 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 1.30% or 770 points to 59790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 2.67% or 660 points to trade at 24100 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.27% or 1590 points to end at 68600 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 1.60% or 490 points to 30200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 132 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.49% or 0.66 to $44.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.77% or 0.36 to hit $47.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.52% or 5.70 to trade at $1107.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.09% to 3.8976, while EUR/ILS rose 0.18% to 4.3722.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.89.