Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 3.97% or 500 points to trade at 13080 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 2.89% or 820 points to end at 29180 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was up 2.65% or 600.0 points to 23210.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 2.31% or 24 points to trade at 1016 in late trade. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) declined 1.60% or 0.8 points to end at 49.3 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.56% or 37 points to 2337.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 204 and 13 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.13% or 0.07 to $54.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.26% or 0.16 to hit $60.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.77 to trade at $1277.27 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.5144, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 4.0833.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.68.