Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 2.51% or 500 points to trade at 20450 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.63% or 28 points to end at 1750 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.43% or 190 points to 13520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 5.14% or 1670 points to trade at 30800 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 4.28% or 1140 points to end at 25510 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was down 0.23% or 130 points to 57400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 213 to 156 and 71 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.89% or 0.96 to $51.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.09% or 1.12 to hit $54.76 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.45% or 5.35 to trade at $1180.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.8542, while EUR/ILS fell 0.67% to 4.0366.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.73% at 102.75.