Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 2.59% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 39,600.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) added 2.37% or 45.00 points to end at 1,945.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 2.03% or 37.00 points to 1,862.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which lost 2.28% or 860.00 points to trade at 36,900.00 in late trade. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 2.09% or 940.00 points to end at 43,940.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) shed 1.72% or 470.00 points to 26,790.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 259 to 171 and 109 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.51% or 0.41 to $81.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.48 to hit $85.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.10 to trade at $2,341.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.27% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS fell 0.19% to 3.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.81.