Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Communication and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 3.41% or 15.3 points to trade at 464.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.07% or 1410 points to end at 69500 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.11% or 230 points to 20960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 5.07% or 328 points to trade at 6137 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 4.46% or 1570 points to end at 33610 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 3.57% or 1050 points to 28350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 276 to 104 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.25% or 0.17 to $67.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.57% or 0.42 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 11.60 to trade at $1321.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.65% to 3.5884, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.3697.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 90.97.