Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.08% or 214 points to trade at 7163 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.74% or 1800 points to end at 67500 and Liveperson (TA:LPSN) was up 2.21% or 162 points to 7484 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.85% or 420 points to trade at 22300 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.21% or 1300 points to end at 105700 and Harel (TA:HARL) shed 0.74% or 20 points to 2690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 251 to 136 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.24% or 0.64 to $52.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.59% or 0.96 to hit $61.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.95 to trade at $1251.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.7490, while EUR/ILS rose 0.39% to 4.2609.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 96.985.