Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.54% or 106 points to trade at 4276 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 0.64% or 4.7 points to end at 734.6 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 0.38% or 60 points to 15670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 4.30% or 5200 points to trade at 115600 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 4.20% or 62 points to end at 1413 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 4.01% or 4300 points to 102900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 176 to 148 and 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.30% or 5200 to 115600.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.76% or 0.30 to $39.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.12 to hit $43.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.49% or 17.00 to trade at $1121.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 2.09% to 3.9383, while EUR/ILS rose 1.09% to 4.4906.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.82% at 94.69.