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 lost 2.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 4.20% or 27.60 points to trade at 684.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 2.97% or 1,960.00 points to end at 67,910.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 1.49% or 460.00 points to 31,360.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 6.72% or 379.00 points to trade at 5,258.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 5.83% or 91.00 points to end at 1,470.00 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was down 5.54% or 257.00 points to 4,380.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 417 to 80 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 4.14% or 3.25 to $81.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.39% or 2.88 to hit $87.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.71% or 27.95 to trade at $1,664.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.52, while EUR/ILS rose 1.37% to 3.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 113.18.