Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 10.18% or 4130 points to trade at 44700 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) added 9.91% or 80 points to end at 892 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) was up 2.51% or 1320 points to 53950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 5.47% or 700 points to trade at 12090 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 4.26% or 3330 points to end at 74820 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 4.11% or 71 points to 1655.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 225 to 150 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.05% or 1.10 to $52.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.34% or 1.38 to hit $57.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.16% or 17.25 to trade at $1506.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.28% to 3.4902, while EUR/ILS rose 0.44% to 3.8210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.748.