Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.41% or 330 points to trade at 23810 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 0.67% or 37 points to end at 5585 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 0.64% or 700 points to 109400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.16% or 3100 points to trade at 140100 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.08% or 108 points to end at 5082 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.87% or 30 points to 1571.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 220 to 117 and 120 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.14% or 1.22 to $58.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.37% or 0.89 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.35% or 4.30 to trade at $1209.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.8610, while EUR/ILS rose 1.66% to 4.3024.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.18% at 95.05.