Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT), which rose 1.19% or 74 points to trade at 6304 at the close. Meanwhile, Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) added 0.96% or 410 points to end at 43250 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was up 0.73% or 17 points to 2341 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melisron (TASE:MLSR), which fell 2.78% or 520 points to trade at 18210 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 2.00% or 16 points to end at 792 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 1.45% or 810 points to 55000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 202 to 184 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.45% or 0.27 to $60.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $67.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1412.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.5539, while EUR/ILS rose 0.09% to 3.9971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.703.