Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 1.19% or 8.7 points to trade at 740.0 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 0.75% or 290 points to end at 38890 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 0.72% or 240 points to 33700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which lost 1.92% or 75 points to trade at 3825 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.41% or 290 points to end at 20250 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) shed 1.39% or 240 points to 17040.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 153 and 97 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.15 to $46.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.00% or 0.49 to hit $49.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.36% or 4.95 to trade at $1351.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.30% to 3.7954, while EUR/ILS rose 0.37% to 4.2795.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.80.