Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.54% 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 lost 0.54% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Ormat Technologies (TASE:), which rose 3.00% or 780.00 points to trade at 26,780.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:) added 1.78% or 3,300.00 points to end at 188,300.00 and Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:) was up 1.50% or 280.00 points to 18,980.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TASE:), which fell 4.28% or 398.00 points to trade at 8,902.00 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:) declined 3.91% or 290.00 points to end at 7,136.00 and Maytronics (TASE:) was down 3.75% or 235.00 points to 6,027.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 388 to 112 and 24 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.07% or 1.09 to $100.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.79% or 0.83 to hit $103.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 15.35 to trade at $1,888.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.44% to 3.31, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 3.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 102.91.