Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 2.49% or 410 points to trade at 16860 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.03% or 400 points to end at 20130 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 1.56% or 560 points to 36360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 5.39% or 970 points to trade at 17020 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.99% or 1840 points to end at 59600 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 2.19% or 32 points to 1428.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 200 to 153 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva (TA:TEVA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.39% or 970 to 17020. Shares in ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.19% or 32 to 1428.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.36% or 1.15 to $49.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.16% or 1.10 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1270.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.7765, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.2293.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.21.