Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.01% or 88 points to trade at 2284 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 1.96% or 1250 points to end at 65070 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.21% or 380 points to 31750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which lost 1.81% or 900 points to trade at 48710 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 1.08% or 190 points to end at 17370 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 0.77% or 15 points to 1931.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 224 to 173 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.04% or 0.50 to $48.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $54.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.54 to trade at $1328.16 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.5452, while EUR/ILS fell 0.37% to 4.2243.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 92.25.