Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 1.55% or 37 points to trade at 2430 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 1.52% or 18 points to end at 1205 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 1.46% or 38 points to 2644 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.59% or 470 points to trade at 17660 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.85% or 118 points to end at 6250 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 1.78% or 360 points to 19860.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 197 to 177 and 42 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.03% or 0.58 to $55.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.29% or 0.19 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.25 to trade at $1286.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.6118, while EUR/ILS rose 0.00% to 4.0842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.805.