Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 2.89% or 50 points to trade at 1780 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 2.68% or 168 points to end at 6435 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.37% or 660 points to 28560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT), which lost 1.59% or 15.0 points to trade at 926.0 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 1.19% or 38 points to end at 3148 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 0.89% or 600 points to 66900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 212 to 192 and 6 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $47.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $50.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.11 to trade at $1277.59 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.6255, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.2417.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.93.