Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Communication and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which rose 2.62% or 171 points to trade at 6701 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.25% or 2250 points to end at 102200 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 1.91% or 38 points to 2025 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 7.69% or 535 points to trade at 6424 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.61% or 1660 points to end at 61880 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 0.18% or 2 points to 1135.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 124 and 40 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.02% or 1.07 to $54.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.76% or 1.10 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.05 to trade at $1318.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.6475, while EUR/ILS rose 0.02% to 4.1174.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.787.