Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.59% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 3.41% or 870 points to trade at 26380 at the close. International (TA:FTIN) added 1.75% or 96 points to end at 5580 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.64% or 95 points to 5871 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 7.18% or 1080 points to trade at 13960 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 4.14% or 151 points to end at 3493 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 3.70% or 500 points to 13020.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 205 to 158 and 77 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.45% or 0.76 to $53.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.65% or 0.91 to hit $56.01 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.15 to trade at $1201.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.8245, while EUR/ILS rose 0.39% to 4.0736.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 101.06.