Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.36% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 4.18% or 1050 points to trade at 26180 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) added 0.37% or 7 points to end at 1899 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to 38230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which lost 7.56% or 653 points to trade at 7983 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 3.48% or 46 points to end at 1276 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 3.34% or 4000 points to 115800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 290 to 104 and 18 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.99% or 1.49 to $73.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.51% or 1.28 to hit $83.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1191.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.6277, while EUR/ILS rose 0.11% to 4.1837.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.12.