Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which rose 2.26% or 390.0 points to trade at 17670.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 2.03% or 350 points to end at 17630 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 0.99% or 170 points to 17420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 3.22% or 105 points to trade at 3155 at the close. Avner L (TA:AVNRp) declined 3.00% or 7.4 points to end at 239.0 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 2.28% or 30 points to 1287.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 235 to 151 and 55 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.29% or 0.70 to $53.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.39% or 0.79 to hit $55.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1234.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.04% to 3.7054, while EUR/ILS rose 0.12% to 3.9077.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 101.40.