Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT), which rose 3.11% or 146 points to trade at 4839 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.79% or 380 points to end at 21640 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 1.30% or 32 points to 2499 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 3.72% or 520 points to trade at 13470 in late trade. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 3.39% or 390 points to end at 11130 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) shed 2.39% or 480.0 points to 19600.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 240 to 164 and 10 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $49.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $51.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.83 to trade at $1269.77 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.5792, while EUR/ILS rose 1.00% to 4.2459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.64.