Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 2.51% or 47 points to trade at 1922 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 1.83% or 1270 points to end at 70700 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.59% or 180 points to 11480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.64% or 149 points to trade at 5501 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 1.28% or 360 points to end at 27670 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) shed 1.26% or 270.0 points to 21110.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 228 to 179 and 8 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.99% or 0.48 to $49.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.22% or 0.65 to hit $54.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.11 to trade at $1344.61 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.59% to 3.5507, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 4.2389.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 92.02.