Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell by a 1.09% on Thursday to 1,230.88 points while the Tel Aviv-100 Index declined by 1.29% to 1,082.90.

The TechBlue 50 Index fell by 0.94% to 331.54 points. The decline is thought to be caused by the losses in the European markets. The Teva Pharmaceutical industries Ltd. fell by 3.5% after the strategic plan for it was published.

The Thursday debut of SolarCity on Nasdaq was quite stellar; with the shares of the solar panel installer, sales and leasing firm witnessing a 47 percent gain --- from its $8 IPO price to $11.79 at the end of the day.

On Thursday, oil prices in the US witnessed a drop because of the market's apparent fears about the country's `fiscal cliff' crisis which is threatening to pull the economy back to recession for the biggest crude oil consumer in the world.

Offshore wind energy companies in collaboration with some environmental groups have signed an agreement in order to protect the North Atlantic right whales.

Africa, which is the home to 15% world's population, has been witnessing a number of energy deficits. This is the reason that it has been looking for ways to overcome the energy shortfall.

France has decided to help ease energy crisis by extending its full help and cooperation to Pakistan and enabling the country to meet its energy requirements.

An earthquake faultline is being suspected to be active under a nuclear plant covering the oldest reactor of the country. As per the findings of a new report, utilities in Japan have plummeted as a consequence of this fault.

Without a doubt, Germany has been making efforts to make sure that they do not contribute to climate change. Climate change has already been grabbing eye balls of one and all, but Germany has been trying that they are not the ones, who accelerate the process.