Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.33% or 60 points to trade at 4560 at the close. Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.22% or 9.6 points to end at 793.6 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 0.93% or 55 points to 5940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.51% or 1540 points to trade at 59900 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.52% or 23 points to end at 1493 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) shed 1.45% or 210 points to 14250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 199 to 151 and 93 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.34% or 0.18 to $53.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.52% or 0.29 to hit $55.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.95 to trade at $1132.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.8293, while EUR/ILS fell 0.03% to 3.9943.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 102.96.