Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which rose 2.47% or 3.7 points to trade at 153.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 1.48% or 6.0 points to end at 411.6 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 1.24% or 590 points to 47990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.99% or 88 points to trade at 1675 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 2.98% or 249 points to end at 8106 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 2.63% or 520 points to 19280.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 227 to 140 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.98% or 0.71 to $73.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.15% or 0.12 to hit $77.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1251.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.6570, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 4.2346.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.91.