Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 4.63% or 42 points to trade at 956 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 4.06% or 83 points to end at 2127 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 2.93% or 47 points to 1651 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 3.48% or 322 points to trade at 8928 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.10% or 300 points to end at 26880 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) shed 0.83% or 65 points to 7773.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 240 to 132 and 44 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.26% or 1.49 to $67.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.02% or 1.47 to hit $74.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1202.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.6317, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.2120.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.00.