Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Communication and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 3.41% or 15.3 points to trade at 464.3 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.07% or 1410 points to end at 69500 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.11% or 230 points to 20960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 5.07% or 328 points to trade at 6137 in late trade. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 4.46% or 1570 points to end at 33610 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 3.57% or 1050 points to 28350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 276 to 104 and 28 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $67.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $73.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.89% or 11.80 to trade at $1321.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.67% to 3.5892, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.3697.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.98.