Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 3.59% or 2820 points to trade at 81450 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 3.03% or 42 points to end at 1427 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 3.01% or 1730 points to 59130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.81% or 410 points to trade at 14200 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.85% or 76 points to end at 4022 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) shed 1.85% or 260 points to 13810.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 178 and 87 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 6.96% or 3.15 to $48.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 7.35% or 3.48 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.02% or 12.15 to trade at $1178.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.02% to 3.8337, while EUR/ILS fell 0.35% to 4.0678.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 101.44.