Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 2.68% or 65 points to trade at 2487 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 1.73% or 3.1 points to end at 182.3 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.41% or 190 points to 13670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 5.39% or 3270 points to trade at 57350 in late trade. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 4.11% or 209 points to end at 4870 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 3.52% or 35 points to 960.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 237 to 168 and 13 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.63% or 0.33 to $52.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $58.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.02 to trade at $1278.32 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.5071, while EUR/ILS rose 0.40% to 4.1421.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 93.52.