Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 2.50% or 63 points to trade at 2586 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 2.16% or 620 points to end at 29290 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 2.13% or 57 points to 2733 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 4.88% or 480 points to trade at 9350 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 3.23% or 2190 points to end at 65550 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was down 2.75% or 890 points to 31500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 262 to 118 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.93% or 0.61 to $64.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.62% or 0.43 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.60 to trade at $1330.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.43% to 3.5034, while EUR/ILS fell 0.00% to 4.3265.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 89.40.