Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 9.06% or 141 points to trade at 1697 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 3.58% or 96 points to end at 2780 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.95% or 440 points to 22970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Partner (TA:PTNR), which lost 3.66% or 76 points to trade at 1999 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.96% or 99 points to end at 3247 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 2.18% or 1360 points to 61050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 180 and 24 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.24% or 0.80 to $65.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.50% or 0.35 to hit $70.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 14.70 to trade at $1351.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.4135, while EUR/ILS rose 0.80% to 4.2243.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.80% at 89.16.