Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 0.74% or 27 points to trade at 3661 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 0.40% or 150 points to end at 37450 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 0.06% or 10 points to 16250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 1.80% or 1090 points to trade at 59310 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.57% or 57 points to end at 3580 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 1.13% or 3.0 points to 262.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 137 and 112 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $49.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1269.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.8374, while EUR/ILS rose 0.01% to 4.1890.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 98.50.