Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.16% or 171 points to trade at 4281 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 3.08% or 1920 points to end at 64220 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 2.87% or 900 points to 32300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.65% or 2500 points to trade at 92000 in late trade. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) declined 1.35% or 63 points to end at 4606 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 1.21% or 290 points to 23710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 199 to 134 and 118 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.06% or 0.91 to $43.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.79% or 0.86 to hit $47.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.12% or 1.30 to trade at $1087.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.8992, while EUR/ILS fell 0.34% to 4.1840.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 99.15.