Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Biomed and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 5.05% or 880 points to trade at 18320 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.50% or 520 points to end at 35170 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.49% or 300 points to 20480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 2.38% or 1520 points to trade at 62470 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 1.91% or 320 points to end at 16450 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 1.75% or 4.5 points to 252.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 177 to 142 and 118 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.00% or 1.58 to $41.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.76% or 1.57 to hit $43.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.60% or 8.25 to trade at $1364.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.43% to 3.8233, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 4.2626.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.