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 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL), which rose 3.61% or 900 points to trade at 25800 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 3.17% or 670 points to end at 21790 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 2.15% or 83 points to 3940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 6.03% or 1830 points to trade at 28500 at the close. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (TASE:IFF) declined 3.58% or 1560 points to end at 41960 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was down 3.48% or 73 points to 2027.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 213 to 175 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.01% or 1.23 to $39.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.29% or 0.99 to hit $42.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 16.55 to trade at $1804.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.4504, while EUR/ILS fell 0.29% to 3.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 96.690.