Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.58% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 3.33% or 570 points to trade at 17670 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 1.41% or 240 points to end at 17210 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.27% or 39 points to 3114 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 7.11% or 192 points to trade at 2508 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) declined 5.28% or 180 points to end at 3227 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 5.00% or 74 points to 1405.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 269 to 113 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.80% or 0.32 to $40.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.62% or 0.26 to hit $41.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.03% or 38.65 to trade at $1868.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.81% to 3.4586, while EUR/ILS rose 0.49% to 4.0365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 94.275.