Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF), which rose 2.17% or 197 points to trade at 9271 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 2.08% or 164 points to end at 8060 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was up 1.88% or 40 points to 2165 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 4.07% or 146 points to trade at 3444 at the close. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) declined 1.66% or 1.0 points to end at 59.1 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 1.54% or 790 points to 50590.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 225 to 161 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $58.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 5.05 to trade at $1485.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.18% to 3.4666, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 3.8505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 97.320.