Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.68%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.68% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 2.22% or 171.00 points to trade at 7,886.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 0.89% or 100.00 points to end at 11,370.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 0.69% or 21.00 points to 3,060.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 2.61% or 2,120.00 points to trade at 79,200.00 at the close. Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 2.45% or 146.00 points to end at 5,804.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 2.32% or 24.00 points to 1,011.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 295 to 166 and 34 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.31% or 1.87 to $79.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.15% or 1.82 to hit $82.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 14.95 to trade at $2,004.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.06% to 4.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.64.