Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 4.63% or 81 points to trade at 1829 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) added 4.26% or 820 points to end at 20070 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 3.32% or 63 points to 1962 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 3.61% or 970 points to trade at 25920 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.88% or 147 points to end at 7662 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 1.75% or 200 points to 11260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 238 to 162 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.15% or 0.07 to $47.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.51 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 5.86 to trade at $1251.14 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.6137, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 3.9414.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.00.