Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which rose 5.55% or 81.00 points to trade at 1,540.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 4.35% or 2,560.00 points to end at 61,420.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was up 4.09% or 2,900.00 points to 73,800.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which lost 2.55% or 900.00 points to trade at 34,400.00 in late trade. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 1.69% or 76.00 points to end at 4,420.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) shed 0.56% or 9.00 points to 1,598.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 332 to 124 and 83 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.94% or 0.74 to $77.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.51% or 0.41 to hit $80.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 18.65 to trade at $2,489.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS rose 0.54% to 4.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 102.17.