Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 2.70% or 1,560.00 points to trade at 59,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 1.93% or 820.00 points to end at 43,200.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 1.23% or 34.00 points to 2,808.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 4.91% or 69.00 points to trade at 1,335.00 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) declined 3.41% or 212.00 points to end at 6,009.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 2.52% or 730.00 points to 28,270.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 280 to 200 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.84% or 2.22 to $80.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.97% or 2.50 to hit $86.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.11% or 19.35 to trade at $1,767.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.43% to 3.45, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 3.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.75.