Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 1.32% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 76,750.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 0.97% or 440.00 points to end at 45,840.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was up 0.67% or 100.00 points to 14,930.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 5.91% or 4,730.00 points to trade at 75,340.00 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) declined 4.28% or 402.00 points to end at 9,000.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 4.00% or 213.00 points to 5,107.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 302 to 169 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.01% or 1.43 to $72.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.63% or 1.24 to hit $77.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.75 to trade at $1,943.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.62, while EUR/ILS rose 0.62% to 3.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 101.86.