Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.57% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which rose 2.49% or 780.0 points to trade at 32100.0 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 1.83% or 49 points to end at 2733 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 1.61% or 0.6 points to 37.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 5.89% or 128 points to trade at 2044 in late trade. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 2.18% or 32 points to end at 1435 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) shed 2.05% or 43 points to 2059.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 199 to 152 and 17 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.25% or 0.17 to $68.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $73.57 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.10 to trade at $1229.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.6420, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 4.2511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.36.