Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.94% or 3410 points to trade at 89960 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 0.94% or 430 points to end at 46230 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 0.89% or 160 points to 18130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 3.80% or 34 points to trade at 859 in late trade. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 3.05% or 8.0 points to end at 254.0 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) shed 2.25% or 1220 points to 53050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 232 to 144 and 45 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $64.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $71.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1276.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.5743, while EUR/ILS rose 0.42% to 4.0384.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.662.