Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.63% or 2160 points to trade at 61680 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) added 1.81% or 340 points to end at 19110 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 1.33% or 28 points to 2128 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 3.16% or 390 points to trade at 11940 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 2.72% or 420 points to end at 15000 and Harel (TA:HARL) was down 2.33% or 65 points to 2719.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 293 to 114 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.51% or 0.32 to $63.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.20 to trade at $1319.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.51% to 3.4249, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.1039.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 91.87.