Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 3.77% or 59 points to trade at 1625 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.79% or 1860 points to end at 68460 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.26% or 35 points to 1585 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellcom (TA:CEL), which fell 4.37% or 164 points to trade at 3591 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 4.12% or 600 points to end at 13970 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 3.30% or 65 points to 1904.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 221 to 163 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.07% or 0.04 to $53.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1278.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.11% to 3.6529, while EUR/ILS fell 0.09% to 3.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.47.