Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 4.99% or 1130 points to trade at 23760 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 2.74% or 56 points to end at 2097 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.04% or 520 points to 26050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellcom (TA:CEL), which lost 3.78% or 141 points to trade at 3587 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.47% or 58 points to end at 2292 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) shed 1.92% or 3.0 points to 153.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 236 to 178 and 88 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $51.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.28 to trade at $1252.22 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.5874, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.0124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.26.