Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 1.96% or 1850 points to trade at 96100 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.78% or 250 points to end at 14300 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 1.77% or 145 points to 8355 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.18% or 40 points to trade at 917 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) declined 1.85% or 34 points to end at 1805 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 1.64% or 900 points to 54070.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 299 to 92 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) fell to all time lows; losing 4.18% or 40 to 917.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.11% or 1.75 to $44.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.97% or 1.51 to hit $52.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 9.75 to trade at $1281.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.7780, while EUR/ILS rose 0.33% to 4.3095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.125.