Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 3.65% or 750 points to trade at 21290 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) added 2.89% or 57 points to end at 2028 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 2.23% or 78 points to 3576 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT), which lost 1.64% or 15.0 points to trade at 901.0 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 1.55% or 1290 points to end at 82070 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) shed 1.38% or 89 points to 6351.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 216 to 188 and 97 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.21% or 2.03 to $46.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.43% or 1.72 to hit $48.40 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.31 to trade at $1295.19 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.5387, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 3.9856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.57.