Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 3.59% or 336 points to trade at 9701 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 2.92% or 70 points to end at 2466 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) was up 2.57% or 600 points to 23960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp), which fell 3.65% or 12 points to trade at 306 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 3.62% or 400 points to end at 10650 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) was down 3.35% or 1.3 points to 37.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 202 to 178 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.10% or 0.04 to $38.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $41.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.95 to trade at $1720.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.39% to 3.4340, while EUR/ILS fell 0.26% to 3.8981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.215.