Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.52%

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 fell 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Nova (TASE:), which rose 2.15% or 700.00 points to trade at 33,320.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:) added 1.14% or 670.00 points to end at 59,290.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:) was up 0.37% or 120.00 points to 32,610.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.52% or 109.00 points to trade at 2,989.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:) declined 3.46% or 5,310.00 points to end at 148,000.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:) was down 3.05% or 420.00 points to 13,330.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 365 to 114 and 34 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.05% or 2.66 to $89.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.64% or 2.46 to hit $95.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 5.65 to trade at $1,711.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.42% to 3.42, while EUR/ILS fell 0.17% to 3.42.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 109.17.

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