Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Biomed and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 3.82% or 680 points to trade at 18480 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 3.15% or 500 points to end at 16350 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 1.97% or 28 points to 1452 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 4.53% or 265 points to trade at 5587 in late trade. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 1.78% or 35 points to end at 1930 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 1.75% or 42 points to 2360.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 243 to 158 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.30% or 0.17 to $56.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.81% or 0.51 to hit $62.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 8.90 to trade at $1250.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.32% to 3.5346, while EUR/ILS fell 0.17% to 4.1575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.84.