Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.76%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the declined 0.76%.

The best performers of the session on the were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:), which rose 2.31% or 43.00 points to trade at 1,906.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:) added 2.22% or 24.00 points to end at 1,104.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:) was up 1.20% or 11.00 points to 921.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:), which fell 10.33% or 1,140.00 points to trade at 9,900.00 at the close. Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:) declined 3.50% or 126.00 points to end at 3,471.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:) was down 2.95% or 228.00 points to 7,506.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 260 to 201 and 83 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.98% or 1.53 to $75.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.72% or 1.40 to hit $80.21 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 11.75 to trade at $1,961.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.74% to 3.84, while EUR/ILS fell 0.69% to 4.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.38.