Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.97% to hit a new 3-years low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 21.59% or 5030 points to trade at 28330 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) fell 0.85% or 100 points to end at 11640 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was down 1.11% or 21 points to 1877 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 4.40% or 289 points to trade at 6278 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 4.02% or 377 points to end at 9000 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was down 3.91% or 130 points to 3198.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 289 to 107 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.40% or 289 to 6278.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.28% or 0.14 to $49.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 11.72 to trade at $1291.02 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.5827, while EUR/ILS fell 0.49% to 4.2098.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.40.