Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 2.14% or 80 points to trade at 3820 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 1.89% or 26 points to end at 1399 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.78% or 290 points to 16540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 2.71% or 114 points to trade at 4088 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.91% or 360 points to end at 18450 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.23% or 8.8 points to 708.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 190 to 156 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva (TA:TEVA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.91% or 360 to 18450. Shares in Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.23% or 8.8 to 708.0.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.13% or 0.06 to $44.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $46.54 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.65 to trade at $1323.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.7567, while EUR/ILS rose 0.01% to 4.2037.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.62.