Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 2.93% or 130 points to trade at 4560 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) added 1.88% or 790 points to end at 42810 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 1.80% or 4.8 points to 271.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 2.91% or 1520 points to trade at 50650 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 2.36% or 37 points to end at 1532 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) was down 2.05% or 2.7 points to 129.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 240 to 154 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.91% or 1520 to 50650. Shares in Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.05% or 2.7 to 129.0.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.97% or 0.52 to $54.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.63% or 0.37 to hit $59.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 8.55 to trade at $1620.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.4271, while EUR/ILS fell 0.01% to 3.6992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 99.752.