Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 2.64% or 6.9 points to trade at 268.0 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 2.54% or 35 points to end at 1411 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.73% or 1400 points to 82550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 4.01% or 144 points to trade at 3449 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 3.31% or 670 points to end at 19570 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 2.35% or 810 points to 33660.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 153 and 111 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.66% or 0.31 to $47.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.98% or 0.48 to hit $49.53 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1325.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.7561, while EUR/ILS fell 0.09% to 4.2374.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.72.