Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.39% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 2.66% or 6.9 points to trade at 266.0 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 2.53% or 35 points to end at 1419 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 2.18% or 1840 points to 86350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 1.73% or 30 points to trade at 1707 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.59% or 1160 points to end at 71610 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 1.41% or 410 points to 28750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 190 to 177 and 74 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.00% or 1.05 to $51.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.07% or 1.15 to hit $54.32 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1215.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.8064, while EUR/ILS fell 0.21% to 4.0702.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 100.53.