Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 2.01% or 320 points to trade at 16250 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.69% or 1250 points to end at 75300 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.66% or 74 points to 4524 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 6.04% or 440 points to trade at 6840 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 3.07% or 21.0 points to end at 664.0 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 2.07% or 36 points to 1702.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 215 to 118 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.48% or 1.48 to $58.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.56% or 1.64 to hit $62.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.85% or 10.10 to trade at $1174.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.13% to 3.8364, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 4.3276.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.30.