Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which rose 1.97% or 4.7 points to trade at 242.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 1.63% or 300 points to end at 18700 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was up 1.46% or 15 points to 1045 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which fell 2.39% or 45 points to trade at 1840 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 2.06% or 29.0 points to end at 1380.0 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 2.01% or 1640 points to 80000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 213 to 175 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $51.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.14 to hit $60.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.55 to trade at $1343.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.5955, while EUR/ILS rose 0.49% to 4.0625.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.790.