Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TASE:MLSR), which rose 8.31% or 1010 points to trade at 13170 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 8.26% or 22.5 points to end at 295.0 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was up 1.60% or 61 points to 3879 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 9.56% or 1020 points to trade at 9650 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) declined 7.57% or 31 points to end at 380 and Poalim (TASE:POLI) was down 3.30% or 74 points to 2168.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 223 to 157 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.26% or 22.5 to 295.0.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.69% or 0.23 to $33.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.53% or 0.19 to hit $35.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.68% or 29.45 to trade at $1722.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.5177, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 3.8561.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 99.375.