Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.52% or 131 points to trade at 3850 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 2.37% or 460 points to end at 19900 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.04% or 720 points to 36000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which fell 2.24% or 81 points to trade at 3542 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 2.02% or 500 points to end at 24230 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 1.97% or 360 points to 17920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 214 to 135 and 98 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.20% or 0.99 to $43.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.06% or 0.97 to hit $46.13 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1325.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.7887, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 4.2589.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.45.