Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.31% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 3.86% or 190 points to trade at 5110 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.81% or 3900 points to end at 142500 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.57% or 1.8 points to 71.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.80% or 162 points to trade at 5632 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.49% or 1650 points to end at 64670 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 1.64% or 410 points to 24550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 239 to 125 and 92 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.69% or 1.28 to $48.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.08% or 1.15 to hit $56.26 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.34% or 15.90 to trade at $1199.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.9678, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.2675.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 98.53.