Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 2.81% or 79 points to trade at 2892 at the close. Meanwhile, Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) added 1.99% or 0.9 points to end at 46.1 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 1.79% or 32 points to 1824 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 4.24% or 55 points to trade at 1243 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 3.61% or 249 points to end at 6652 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) was down 3.23% or 770 points to 23070.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 212 to 171 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) fell to all time lows; falling 4.24% or 55 to 1243.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.17% or 0.74 to $62.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.23% or 0.82 to hit $65.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1319.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.4742, while EUR/ILS fell 0.53% to 4.2386.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 90.55.