Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 3.57% or 1710 points to trade at 49670 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 3.45% or 640 points to end at 19180 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 2.85% or 590 points to 21320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which lost 2.07% or 4.4 points to trade at 207.7 in late trade. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 1.95% or 470 points to end at 23600 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 1.94% or 1240 points to 62560.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 173 to 165 and 114 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 4.57% or 1.64 to $37.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.64% or 1.38 to hit $39.25 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.51% or 6.30 to trade at $1223.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.8031, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 4.3262.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 94.70.