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 Harel (TASE:), which rose 2.79% or 131.00 points to trade at 4,830.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:) added 1.77% or 1,560.00 points to end at 89,700.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:) was up 1.00% or 18.00 points to 1,827.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.26% or 900.00 points to trade at 26,680.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:) declined 2.04% or 29.00 points to end at 1,393.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:) was down 2.01% or 119.00 points to 5,801.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 284 to 180 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harel (TASE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.79% or 131.00 to 4,830.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.12% or 0.77 to $69.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.82% or 0.59 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.43% or 38.91 to trade at $2,757.31 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.12% to 3.58, while EUR/ILS fell 0.22% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 106.39.
