Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 15.78% or 184 points to trade at 1350 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 2.84% or 72 points to end at 2607 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 2.36% or 820 points to 35590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.95% or 800 points to trade at 26360 in late trade. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 2.21% or 31 points to end at 1370 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) shed 1.68% or 30 points to 1751.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 242 to 143 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.90% or 2.00 to $71.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.95% or 2.21 to hit $77.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.40 to trade at $1316.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.81% to 3.5887, while EUR/ILS fell 0.86% to 4.2558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.90.