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 fell 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 1.03% or 81 points to trade at 7931 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 0.54% or 150 points to end at 27800 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was down 0.23% or 15 points to 6420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which fell 3.24% or 530 points to trade at 15840 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) declined 2.62% or 217 points to end at 8051 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 2.61% or 62 points to 2310.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 302 to 76 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.29% or 0.90 to $68.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.10% or 0.86 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.10 to trade at $1202.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.43% to 3.6021, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.1875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 95.07.