Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 4.50% or 510 points to trade at 11850 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 3.24% or 1750 points to end at 55800 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 2.44% or 690 points to 28930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 2.75% or 360 points to trade at 12740 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.43% or 57 points to end at 2289 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was down 2.29% or 95 points to 4060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 217 to 180 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.84% or 0.48 to $56.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $63.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.65 to trade at $1284.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.5116, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.0677.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 94.85.