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 lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 2.49% or 410 points to trade at 16860 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.03% or 400 points to end at 20130 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 1.56% or 560 points to 36360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 5.39% or 970 points to trade at 17020 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.99% or 1840 points to end at 59600 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 2.19% or 32 points to 1428.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 153 and 93 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.36% or 1.15 to $49.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.24% or 1.14 to hit $52.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1270.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.02% to 3.7763, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.2293.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.20.