Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 6.94% or 73 points to trade at 1125 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 5.42% or 3100 points to end at 60300 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 3.90% or 39.0 points to 1039.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 3.18% or 38 points to trade at 1157 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.83% or 80 points to end at 2751 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 2.78% or 50 points to 1747.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 245 to 148 and 24 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.59% or 0.37 to $62.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.59% or 0.39 to hit $65.40 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.30 to trade at $1326.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.4567, while EUR/ILS fell 0.09% to 4.2852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.65.