Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 2.29% or 2090 points to trade at 93490 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 1.78% or 24 points to end at 1373 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 1.69% or 47 points to 2825 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI), which fell 3.04% or 97 points to trade at 3090 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) declined 1.72% or 440 points to end at 25080 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 1.35% or 170 points to 12460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 220 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.69% or 47 to 2825.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.53% or 0.38 to $72.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.62% or 0.47 to hit $75.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1784.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.94% to 3.0981, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 3.5154.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 95.898.