Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Technology and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 2.33% or 14.0 points to trade at 615.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 1.88% or 1600 points to end at 86890 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 0.48% or 24 points to 5058 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 3.86% or 450 points to trade at 11210 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 2.67% or 50 points to end at 1825 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was down 2.64% or 530 points to 19570.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 320 to 94 and 88 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.99% or 0.48 to $49.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.20% or 0.62 to hit $52.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.89% or 23.42 to trade at $1259.82 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.6104, while EUR/ILS rose 0.59% to 4.0251.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 97.45.