Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 25 down 0.55%

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Published Dec 14, 2016 11:00AM ET

Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 25 down 0.55%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.55%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 1.19% or 200 points to trade at 17070 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 0.97% or 43 points to end at 4495 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 0.90% or 0.6 points to 67.5 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which fell 1.88% or 101 points to trade at 5260 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.62% or 11.0 points to end at 670.0 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 1.61% or 230 points to 14060.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 231 to 107 and 104 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.08% or 0.57 to $52.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.47% or 0.26 to hit $55.46 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.65 to trade at $1164.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.12% to 3.8030, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.0516.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 100.85.

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