Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Banking and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which rose 8.26% or 206.00 points to trade at 2,700.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 4.23% or 262.00 points to end at 6,450.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 2.62% or 33.00 points to 1,294.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TASE:HARL), which lost 2.61% or 91.00 points to trade at 3,393.00 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 2.43% or 380.00 points to end at 15,250.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) shed 2.12% or 103.00 points to 4,750.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 216 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.00% or 2.24 to $76.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.65% or 2.07 to hit $80.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 16.40 to trade at $2,468.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.57% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS rose 0.62% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 103.93.