Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT), which rose 1.47% or 19.0 points to trade at 1315.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 1.22% or 66 points to end at 5459 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.00% or 810 points to 81630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 5.20% or 13.0 points to trade at 236.9 at the close. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) declined 4.35% or 470 points to end at 10330 and Harel (TA:HARL) was down 2.23% or 58 points to 2543.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 237 to 153 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.20% or 13.0 to 236.9.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.26% or 0.16 to $62.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.74% or 0.51 to hit $69.82 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.25 to trade at $1293.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.32% to 3.5878, while EUR/ILS fell 0.46% to 4.0251.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.898.