Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Migdal Insurance (TA:MGDL), which rose 1.66% or 7.5 points to trade at 459.5 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) added 1.60% or 410 points to end at 26050 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.04% or 1200 points to 116300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which lost 2.68% or 420 points to trade at 15260 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.27% or 15.4 points to end at 661.6 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.65% or 102 points to 6078.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 188 to 153 and 112 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.71% or 1.03 to $61.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.43% or 0.93 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.85% or 10.00 to trade at $1187.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.8215, while EUR/ILS rose 0.09% to 4.3182.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 94.69.