Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 0.64% or 270 points to trade at 42780 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) added 0.34% or 10 points to end at 2915 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 0.24% or 3.0 points to 1253.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 4.96% or 13.6 points to trade at 260.5 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 3.96% or 233 points to end at 5650 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was down 3.92% or 243 points to 5950.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 196 to 184 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.72% or 0.43 to $58.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.82% or 0.55 to hit $66.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.62% or 21.35 to trade at $1295.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.11% to 3.6281, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 4.0736.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 96.762.