Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 3.24% or 57 points to trade at 1817 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.53% or 1780 points to end at 72100 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 2.29% or 134 points to 5997 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.46% or 20.8 points to trade at 825.0 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 2.36% or 910 points to end at 37700 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 1.89% or 1250 points to 64920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 178 to 173 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.24% or 0.10 to $42.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.14% or 0.06 to hit $43.97 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1255.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.7593, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 4.2597.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 94.23.