Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which rose 1.46% or 19 points to trade at 1320 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) added 1.11% or 38 points to end at 3458 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 0.77% or 740 points to 96740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 4.39% or 70 points to trade at 1526 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 2.22% or 3100 points to end at 136470 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 2.01% or 55 points to 2679.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 282 to 226 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.33% or 0.25 to $75.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.37% or 0.29 to hit $78.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 6.35 to trade at $1804.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.59% to 3.1177, while EUR/ILS rose 0.88% to 3.5359.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.915.