Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Communication and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT), which rose 2.31% or 134.00 points to trade at 5,944.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 2.06% or 100.00 points to end at 4,950.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 1.21% or 16.00 points to 1,340.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which fell 3.11% or 780.00 points to trade at 24,310.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 2.91% or 1,860.00 points to end at 62,060.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was down 2.10% or 103.00 points to 4,808.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 252 to 192 and 95 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.69% or 0.56 to $81.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.31 to hit $84.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 15.55 to trade at $2,383.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.46% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS fell 0.37% to 3.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.77.