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 Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 2.15% or 700.00 points to trade at 33,320.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 1.14% or 670.00 points to end at 59,290.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) 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:TEVA), which fell 3.52% or 109.00 points to trade at 2,989.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 3.46% or 5,310.00 points to end at 148,000.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) 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.