Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 4.94% or 3160 points to trade at 67160 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.09% or 50 points to end at 1668 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was up 3.00% or 102 points to 3500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 0.24% or 50 points to trade at 20800 in late trade. Discount (TA:DSCT) declined 0.11% or 0.7 points to end at 635.0 and Osem (TA:OSEM) gained 0.01% or 1 points to 8227.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 219 to 123 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.21% or 0.09 to $42.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.68 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.88% or 11.10 to trade at $1249.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.7753, while EUR/ILS fell 0.74% to 4.2593.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.74% at 94.72.