Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 0.86% or 11 points to trade at 1288 at the close. Meanwhile, Leumi (TA:LUMI) added 0.84% or 13 points to end at 1565 and First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) was up 0.68% or 38 points to 5631 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 2.98% or 370 points to trade at 12030 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.78% or 87 points to end at 3039 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 1.68% or 1210 points to 70780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 189 to 172 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva (TA:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.98% or 370 to 12030.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.40% or 0.21 to $52.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.73% or 0.40 to hit $55.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 7.25 to trade at $1243.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.7460, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.0100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 100.09.