Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL), which rose 1.14% or 570 points to trade at 50780 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 1.03% or 85 points to end at 8305 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 0.83% or 430 points to 52070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 6.29% or 190 points to trade at 2831 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 5.69% or 3310 points to end at 54850 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 3.23% or 32 points to 965.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 244 to 135 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.29% or 190 to 2831.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.73% or 0.42 to $57.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.42% or 0.27 to hit $64.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 11.95 to trade at $1423.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.21% to 3.5398, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 3.9739.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.817.