Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 1.72% or 660 points to trade at 39010 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 0.34% or 70 points to end at 20760 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 0.32% or 12 points to 3740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which lost 2.48% or 410 points to trade at 16150 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 2.40% or 39 points to end at 1586 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 1.69% or 260 points to 15120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 177 to 160 and 107 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.25% or 0.64 to $50.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.18% or 0.62 to hit $51.89 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.51% or 6.45 to trade at $1268.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.8419, while EUR/ILS fell 0.45% to 4.3503.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 93.97.