Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which rose 1.93% or 290.00 points to trade at 15,300.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 1.85% or 250.00 points to end at 13,790.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) was up 1.76% or 33.00 points to 1,903.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 3.60% or 203.00 points to trade at 5,442.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 2.86% or 900.00 points to end at 30,600.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE) was down 2.63% or 99.00 points to 3,672.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 232 to 228 and 80 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.66% or 1.35 to $82.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.32% or 1.13 to hit $86.54 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 22.55 to trade at $2,235.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.67, while EUR/ILS fell 0.52% to 3.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.19.