Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.59% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which rose 1.23% or 450 points to trade at 36970 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 0.99% or 160 points to end at 16350 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 0.86% or 610 points to 71710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which lost 3.03% or 25.0 points to trade at 800.0 in late trade. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 1.65% or 98 points to end at 5846 and International (TA:FTIN) shed 1.61% or 76 points to 4653.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 202 to 132 and 115 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.12% or 0.49 to $44.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.60% or 0.27 to hit $45.24 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.49% or 6.30 to trade at $1285.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.7889, while EUR/ILS rose 0.23% to 4.3542.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 93.22.