Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.06% or 38 points to trade at 1281 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.85% or 430 points to end at 23640 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 0.87% or 370 points to 42800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which fell 2.77% or 62 points to trade at 2174 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.73% or 1900 points to end at 108000 and Harel (TA:HARL) was down 1.67% or 49 points to 2882.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 191 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.55% or 1.28 to $51.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.44% or 0.85 to hit $59.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.80 to trade at $1233.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.21% to 3.7101, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.2245.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.715.