Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 3.77% or 59 points to trade at 1625 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.79% or 1860 points to end at 68460 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.26% or 35 points to 1585 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellcom (TA:CEL), which lost 4.37% or 164 points to trade at 3591 in late trade. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 4.12% or 600 points to end at 13970 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 3.30% or 65 points to 1904.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 221 to 163 and 46 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $53.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1278.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.11% to 3.6531, while EUR/ILS fell 0.09% to 3.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.47.