Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT), which rose 6.99% or 2240 points to trade at 34290 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) added 3.87% or 1570 points to end at 42100 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 2.60% or 160 points to 6310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Partner (TA:PTNR), which lost 4.39% or 69 points to trade at 1501 in late trade. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) declined 3.81% or 1.6 points to end at 40.4 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 3.64% or 2070 points to 54770.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 271 to 123 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.49% or 1.63 to $67.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.25% or 1.60 to hit $72.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 16.80 to trade at $1362.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.5140, while EUR/ILS rose 0.58% to 4.3521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.08.