Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.45% or 540 points to trade at 22620 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) fell 0.14% or 20 points to end at 14070 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 0.19% or 4 points to 2158 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which fell 2.77% or 129 points to trade at 4535 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.63% or 2400 points to end at 89000 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was down 2.49% or 380 points to 14900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 172 to 133 and 139 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.51% or 0.72 to $48.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.65% or 0.84 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.40 to trade at $1144.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.8600, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.3513.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 95.45.