Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.03% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 1.53% or 1,320.00 points to trade at 87,790.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 1.44% or 170.00 points to end at 11,970.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was up 1.08% or 29.00 points to 2,709.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE), which fell 3.78% or 34.50 points to trade at 878.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 3.55% or 30.00 points to end at 815.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 3.47% or 3,160.00 points to 88,000.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 292 to 175 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.75% or 0.64 to $84.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.91% or 0.82 to hit $89.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $2,407.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.90% to 3.79, while EUR/ILS rose 1.03% to 4.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.09.