Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the TA-Insurance & Financial Services Index, TA Finance and TA Banks 5 sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 2.85% or 420.00 points to trade at 15,170.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 1.80% or 120.00 points to end at 6,798.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 1.80% or 81.00 points to 4,570.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which fell 3.05% or 750.00 points to trade at 23,870.00 in late trade. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 2.82% or 76.00 points to end at 2,615.00 and Enlight Ene (TASE:ENLT) down 2.64% or 157.00 points to 5,789.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 287 to 140 and 112 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.15% or 0.11 to $73.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $77.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 10.15 to trade at $2,540.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.01% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS rose 0.98% to 4.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 101.25.