Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which rose 8.90% or 1560.0 points to trade at 19090.0 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 6.22% or 790 points to end at 13500 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 4.50% or 670 points to 15560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 2.48% or 208 points to trade at 8193 in late trade. Alony Hetz (TA:ALHE) declined 2.44% or 80 points to end at 3200 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 2.43% or 1780 points to 71400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 241 to 134 and 66 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.36% or 0.19 to $53.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.32% or 0.18 to hit $56.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1225.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.7506, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 3.9658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.33.