Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 2.29% or 12.4 points to trade at 554.4 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 1.40% or 360.0 points to end at 26110.0 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 1.40% or 440 points to 31910 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 5.28% or 87 points to trade at 1560 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 3.92% or 2820 points to end at 69180 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) shed 3.70% or 279 points to 7261.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 277 to 121 and 25 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $63.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1335.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.4357, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.2042.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 90.35.