Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 2.36% or 2120 points to trade at 92080 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 2.12% or 980 points to end at 47210 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was up 0.79% or 2.0 points to 256.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 2.87% or 520 points to trade at 17610 at the close. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) declined 2.51% or 260 points to end at 10100 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 2.48% or 1690 points to 66440.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 232 to 144 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) rose to all time highs; rising 2.12% or 980 to 47210.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.27% or 0.17 to $63.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.85 to trade at $1274.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.65% to 3.5937, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.0365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 97.123.