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 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT), which rose 3.11% or 146 points to trade at 4839 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.79% or 380 points to end at 21640 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 1.30% or 32 points to 2499 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 3.72% or 520 points to trade at 13470 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 3.39% or 390 points to end at 11130 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was down 2.39% or 480.0 points to 19600.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 240 to 164 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $49.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.87 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.91 to trade at $1269.69 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.5792, while EUR/ILS rose 1.00% to 4.2459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.64.