Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 1.86% or 62 points to trade at 3389 at the close. Meanwhile, Partner (TA:PTNR) added 1.72% or 33 points to end at 1955 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) was up 1.46% or 94 points to 6520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which fell 2.98% or 630.0 points to trade at 20480.0 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.77% or 62 points to end at 2179 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 2.73% or 1930 points to 68770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 259 to 138 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.28% or 0.14 to $49.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $54.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 12.36 to trade at $1351.36 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.75% to 3.5226, while EUR/ILS rose 0.00% to 4.2287.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 91.62.