Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.69% By Investing.com

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 0.69%.

The best performers of the session on the were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:), which rose 2.62% or 99.00 points to trade at 3,879.00 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:) added 2.04% or 300.00 points to end at 15,020.00 and Leumi (TASE:) was up 2.02% or 64.00 points to 3,232.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:), which fell 8.87% or 2,300.00 points to trade at 23,620.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:) declined 7.62% or 330.00 points to end at 4,001.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) was down 7.05% or 527.00 points to 6,950.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 318 to 156 and 37 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 4.68% or 3.79 to $77.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 4.37% or 3.86 to hit $84.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 3.50 to trade at $1,743.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.05% to 3.43, while EUR/ILS fell 0.51% to 3.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.75% at 106.31.