Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 2.75% or 720 points to trade at 26900 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 1.31% or 720 points to end at 55720 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) was up 0.69% or 17 points to 2484 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 3.76% or 1710 points to trade at 43780 at the close. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) declined 3.73% or 2.3 points to end at 59.4 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 2.88% or 25 points to 833.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 228 to 160 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) rose to all time highs; up 1.31% or 720 to 55720.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.57% or 0.87 to $54.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.31% or 1.42 to hit $60.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.85 to trade at $1496.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.25% to 3.5326, while EUR/ILS rose 0.37% to 3.9293.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.460.