Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.64% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.00% or 36 points to trade at 3628 at the close. Meanwhile, Discount (TA:DSCT) added 0.73% or 5.1 points to end at 701.3 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 0.70% or 10 points to 1440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which fell 3.52% or 900 points to trade at 24700 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 2.55% or 470 points to end at 17980 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 1.90% or 710 points to 36690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 243 to 85 and 116 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.13% or 1.46 to $45.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.07% or 1.48 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.37% or 17.65 to trade at $1305.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.14% to 3.8089, while EUR/ILS rose 0.43% to 4.2340.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.21.