Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT), which rose 6.99% or 2240 points to trade at 34290 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) added 3.87% or 1570 points to end at 42100 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 2.60% or 160 points to 6310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Partner (TA:PTNR), which fell 4.39% or 69 points to trade at 1501 at the close. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) declined 3.81% or 1.6 points to end at 40.4 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 3.64% or 2070 points to 54770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 271 to 123 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.52% or 1.65 to $67.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.27% or 1.61 to hit $72.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 16.80 to trade at $1362.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.5140, while EUR/ILS rose 0.57% to 4.3518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.08.