Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the TA-RealEstate Index, TA Oil & Gas and TA Finance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 4.56% or 56.00 points to trade at 1,284.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 3.72% or 1,190.00 points to end at 33,200.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 2.45% or 1,490.00 points to 62,280.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE), which fell 2.74% or 31.00 points to trade at 1,099.00 in late trade. Energix (TASE:ENRG) declined 2.52% or 31.00 points to end at 1,200.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) down 2.46% or 150.00 points to 5,950.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 271 to 195 and 71 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.38% or 0.27 to $71.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $74.82 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 19.46 to trade at $2,873.54 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.56, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 3.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 107.71.