Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.06% or 39 points to trade at 3718 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 0.98% or 190 points to end at 19480 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was up 0.46% or 16 points to 3500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 3.44% or 2030 points to trade at 57000 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 2.50% or 37 points to end at 1443 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) shed 2.11% or 28 points to 1298.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 221 to 103 and 113 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.64% or 0.30 to $46.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.81% or 0.39 to hit $47.57 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.16% or 15.80 to trade at $1374.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.8933, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.3098.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.33.