Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 3.28% or 24.0 points to trade at 755.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 1.44% or 230 points to end at 16180 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 0.87% or 140 points to 16320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.47% or 232 points to trade at 4953 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 2.23% or 710 points to end at 31110 and Nice (TA:NICE) was down 2.19% or 560 points to 24990.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 187 to 137 and 124 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.14 to $43.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.41% or 0.20 to hit $49.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.43% or 15.80 to trade at $1123.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.14% to 3.8090, while EUR/ILS rose 1.23% to 4.2639.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.18% at 96.08.