Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 2.10% or 730.00 points to trade at 35,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 1.23% or 91.00 points to end at 7,491.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 1.19% or 12.00 points to 1,024.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which fell 3.69% or 2,530.00 points to trade at 65,970.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 2.48% or 89.00 points to end at 3,501.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was down 2.48% or 5,920.00 points to 232,570.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 290 to 210 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.71% or 0.78 to $111.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.01% or 1.14 to hit $114.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 7.80 to trade at $1,930.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.90% to 3.25, while EUR/ILS rose 0.15% to 3.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 97.94.