Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.82%

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 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:), which rose 1.66% or 64.00 points to trade at 3,911.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:) added 1.27% or 960.00 points to end at 76,260.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:) was up 1.26% or 13.00 points to 1,047.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:), which fell 3.03% or 1,760.00 points to trade at 56,300.00 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:) declined 2.52% or 212.00 points to end at 8,189.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:) was down 2.41% or 1,710.00 points to 69,190.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 187 and 105 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.66% or 64.00 to 3,911.00.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.06% or 0.05 to $88.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.09% or 0.08 to hit $92.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.45 to trade at $1,933.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.43% to 3.82, while EUR/ILS rose 0.37% to 4.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.28.