Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 4.64% or 11.0 points to trade at 248.0 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 4.62% or 183 points to end at 4147 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 4.61% or 3230 points to 73230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 2.60% or 42 points to trade at 1573 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.40% or 270 points to end at 18960 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 0.72% or 180 points to 24980.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 218 to 118 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.53% or 0.26 to $48.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.05% or 0.51 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.85 to trade at $1221.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.12% to 3.8476, while EUR/ILS fell 0.11% to 4.2880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.50.