Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.33% or 60 points to trade at 4560 at the close. Meanwhile, Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.22% or 9.6 points to end at 793.6 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 0.93% or 55 points to 5940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 2.51% or 1540 points to trade at 59900 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.52% or 23 points to end at 1493 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was down 1.45% or 210 points to 14250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 199 to 151 and 93 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.36% or 0.19 to $53.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.52% or 0.29 to hit $55.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.10% or 1.10 to trade at $1132.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.8293, while EUR/ILS fell 0.03% to 3.9943.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 102.95.