Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 4.17% or 44 points to trade at 1098 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.58% or 1690 points to end at 67140 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 1.92% or 0.8 points to 42.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 4.89% or 424 points to trade at 8240 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.52% or 360 points to end at 23380 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was down 1.47% or 82 points to 5505.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 212 to 169 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Perrigo (TA:PRGO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.52% or 360 to 23380.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.85% or 0.48 to $56.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.09% or 0.72 to hit $66.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 15.00 to trade at $1214.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.56% to 3.7125, while EUR/ILS rose 0.65% to 4.2013.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.96.