Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 3.96% or 60 points to trade at 1575 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 3.34% or 2110 points to end at 65300 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.94% or 330 points to 17320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 9.90% or 3550 points to trade at 32300 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.15% or 84 points to end at 3826 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 1.08% or 220 points to 20180.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 215 to 127 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.23% or 0.10 to $42.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.65 to trade at $1350.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.8146, while EUR/ILS rose 0.18% to 4.2582.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 95.64.