Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 2.26% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 0.95% or 19 points to trade at 2020 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) added 0.25% or 40 points to end at 16000 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI) was up 0.17% or 3 points to 1766 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1), which fell 6.81% or 102 points to trade at 1396 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 5.16% or 500 points to end at 9185 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was down 4.64% or 98 points to 2012.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 275 to 98 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 5.33% or 2.15 to $38.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 5.23% or 2.23 to hit $40.40 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 6.75 to trade at $1775.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.37% to 3.4397, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 3.8766.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 97.032.