Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 2.39% or 250 points to trade at 10730 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 2.37% or 480 points to end at 20760 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.84% or 112 points to 6212 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 1.97% or 31 points to trade at 1545 in late trade. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) declined 1.91% or 73 points to end at 3750 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 1.73% or 33 points to 1878.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 205 to 198 and 15 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $51.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.83% or 0.48 to hit $57.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 10.92 to trade at $1290.78 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.37% to 3.5392, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.1551.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 93.22.