Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 3.37% or 510 points to trade at 15640 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.76% or 70 points to end at 2608 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 2.70% or 3500 points to 133000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 2.40% or 650 points to trade at 26460 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 2.06% or 44 points to end at 2095 and Nice (TA:NICE) was down 2.04% or 490 points to 23490.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 172 to 164 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.81% or 0.43 to hit $53.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1093.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.13% to 3.7877, while EUR/ILS fell 0.43% to 4.1373.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 97.68.