Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.05% or 263 points to trade at 8873 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 2.50% or 190 points to end at 7800 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 2.09% or 27 points to 1321 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which lost 2.49% or 54 points to trade at 2115 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 0.85% or 68 points to end at 7962 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) shed 0.67% or 320 points to 47320.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 239 to 148 and 36 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.97% or 0.63 to $65.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $75.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1276.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.18% to 3.6276, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 4.2002.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.72.