Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 5.24% or 66 points to trade at 1326 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 4.15% or 5140 points to end at 129100 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 3.82% or 1570 points to 42650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 6.41% or 950 points to trade at 13860 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 2.18% or 250 points to end at 11220 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 2.09% or 29 points to 1356.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 314 to 168 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.41% or 950 to 13860. Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.15% or 5140 to 129100. Shares in Nova (TASE:NVMI) rose to all time highs; up 3.82% or 1570 to 42650.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.62% or 1.29 to $78.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.32% or 1.09 to hit $81.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 13.20 to trade at $1867.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.54% to 3.0756, while EUR/ILS fell 0.67% to 3.4767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.942.