Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 3.01% or 430.00 points to trade at 14,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 2.57% or 141.00 points to end at 5,622.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 1.94% or 99.00 points to 5,200.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which fell 3.10% or 279.00 points to trade at 8,721.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 3.09% or 60.00 points to end at 1,884.00 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) was down 2.60% or 83.00 points to 3,105.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 261 to 202 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.32% or 0.22 to $69.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $74.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 10.30 to trade at $1,968.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.56% to 3.58, while EUR/ILS rose 1.22% to 3.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 102.24.