Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which rose 4.38% or 65.00 points to trade at 1,550.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 4.24% or 1,190.00 points to end at 29,270.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was up 4.20% or 3,130.00 points to 77,660.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp), which lost 1.03% or 9.80 points to trade at 945.20 in late trade. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) declined 0.73% or 49.00 points to end at 6,635.00 and Enlight Ene (TASE:ENLT) shed 0.47% or 28.00 points to 5,970.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 268 to 175 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.17% or 0.84 to $70.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.85% or 0.63 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.50 to trade at $2,682.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS fell 0.34% to 4.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 100.29.