Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which rose 2.92% or 1790 points to trade at 63000 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.35% or 480 points to end at 20930 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 2.23% or 880 points to 40300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.54% or 380 points to trade at 14610 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.74% or 11.8 points to end at 666.0 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) shed 1.23% or 200 points to 16030.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 172 to 157 and 114 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.68% or 0.31 to $46.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.58% or 0.27 to hit $47.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1224.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.8549, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.1140.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 100.57.