Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 3.95% or 55 points to trade at 1447 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.19% or 1110 points to end at 51720 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was up 1.74% or 6.4 points to 375.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which fell 2.66% or 480 points to trade at 17540 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 2.63% or 5.0 points to end at 185.0 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 2.44% or 48 points to 1918.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 225 to 143 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.61% or 2.42 to $64.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.76% or 2.00 to hit $70.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 14.80 to trade at $1185.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.6897, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.1734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.78.