Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 1.49% or 290 points to trade at 19730 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 0.86% or 140 points to end at 16450 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 0.54% or 90 points to 16630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 2.49% or 460 points to trade at 17990 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 1.84% or 340 points to end at 18140 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 1.03% or 640 points to 61440.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 185 to 150 and 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva (TA:TEVA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.49% or 460 to 17990.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.53% or 0.25 to $47.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $49.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.25 to trade at $1321.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.00% to 3.7529, while EUR/ILS rose 0.11% to 4.2142.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.41.