Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 4.63% or 42 points to trade at 956 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 4.06% or 83 points to end at 2127 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 2.93% or 47 points to 1651 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 3.48% or 322 points to trade at 8928 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.10% or 300 points to end at 26880 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 0.83% or 65 points to 7773.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 240 to 132 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.26% or 1.49 to $67.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.05% or 1.49 to hit $74.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1202.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.36% to 3.6307, while EUR/ILS fell 0.14% to 4.2115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.00.