Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Banking and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 2.55% or 1370 points to trade at 55200 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.70% or 24 points to end at 1434 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.51% or 900 points to 60400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 1.45% or 37 points to trade at 2519 in late trade. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) declined 1.42% or 104 points to end at 7241 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) shed 1.40% or 350.0 points to 24660.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 210 to 195 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.70% or 0.42 to $59.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.57 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1290.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.4810, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 4.1425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.