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 added 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 3.52% or 540.00 points to trade at 15,890.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) added 3.16% or 28.00 points to end at 915.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.96% or 146.00 points to 5,086.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which lost 2.33% or 1,560.00 points to trade at 65,500.00 in late trade. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 1.10% or 52.00 points to end at 4,678.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) shed 0.49% or 4.50 points to 920.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 286 to 143 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.49% or 0.37 to $75.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 10.80 to trade at $2,542.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.63% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 1.10% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.86.