Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 1.96% or 1850 points to trade at 96100 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.78% or 250 points to end at 14300 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 1.77% or 145 points to 8355 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 4.18% or 40 points to trade at 917 in late trade. Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) declined 1.85% or 34 points to end at 1805 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 1.64% or 900 points to 54070.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 299 to 92 and 35 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.16% or 1.77 to $44.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.01% or 1.53 to hit $52.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 9.65 to trade at $1281.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.7780, while EUR/ILS rose 0.33% to 4.3094.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.123.