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 25 fell 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.41% or 330 points to trade at 23810 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 0.67% or 37 points to end at 5585 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 0.64% or 700 points to 109400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 2.16% or 3100 points to trade at 140100 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.08% or 108 points to end at 5082 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 1.87% or 30 points to 1571.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 117 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.14% or 1.22 to $58.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.45% or 0.94 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.10 to trade at $1209.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.8610, while EUR/ILS rose 1.66% to 4.3024.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.18% at 95.05.