Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 1.46% or 260.00 points to trade at 18050.00 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 1.09% or 230 points to end at 21270 and International (TA:FTIN) was up 0.95% or 46 points to 4888 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which lost 1.09% or 8.4 points to trade at 762.0 in late trade. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 0.85% or 17 points to end at 1988 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 0.75% or 130 points to 17100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 161 and 111 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.50% or 0.23 to $45.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.25% or 0.12 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.75 to trade at $1323.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.8478, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 4.2320.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 97.16.