Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.11% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.19% or 63 points to trade at 1567 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 3.10% or 2440 points to end at 81200 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 3.08% or 470 points to 15750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 3.54% or 15.0 points to trade at 409.0 in late trade. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) declined 1.83% or 910 points to end at 48860 and Harel (TA:HARL) shed 1.49% or 42 points to 2775.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 163 and 24 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.33% or 0.22 to $66.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.86% or 0.65 to hit $76.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1300.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.5852, while EUR/ILS rose 0.11% to 4.2208.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.64.