Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.71%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance , Financials and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.71%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ), which rose 2.85% or 420.00 points to trade at 15,170.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ) added 1.80% or 120.00 points to end at 6,798.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ) was up 1.80% or 81.00 points to 4,570.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG ), which fell 3.05% or 750.00 points to trade at 23,870.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE ) declined 2.82% or 76.00 points to end at 2,615.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT ) was down 2.64% or 157.00 points to 5,789.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 287 to 140 and 112 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.19% or 0.14 to $73.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.31% or 0.24 to hit $77.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 11.05 to trade at $2,539.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.02% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS rose 0.98% to 4.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 101.25.

Source: Investing.com