Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 2.85% or 420.00 points to trade at 15,170.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 1.80% or 120.00 points to end at 6,798.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 1.80% or 81.00 points to 4,570.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which fell 3.05% or 750.00 points to trade at 23,870.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 2.82% or 76.00 points to end at 2,615.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) was down 2.64% or 157.00 points to 5,789.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 287 to 140 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.19% or 0.14 to $73.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.31% or 0.24 to hit $77.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 11.05 to trade at $2,539.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.02% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS rose 0.98% to 4.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 101.25.