Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which rose 1.68% or 0.9 points to trade at 54.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 1.07% or 15 points to end at 1411 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was up 0.87% or 380 points to 43880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.71% or 200 points to trade at 11520 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 1.03% or 140 points to end at 13450 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) was down 0.96% or 190 points to 19510.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 190 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.76% or 1.77 to $45.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.29% or 1.63 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.71 to trade at $1220.91 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.5143, while EUR/ILS fell 0.21% to 3.9815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.13.