Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 4.86% or 1660 points to trade at 35810 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 2.56% or 30 points to end at 1201 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.51% or 5.4 points to 220.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 7.42% or 5080 points to trade at 63400 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 6.10% or 99 points to end at 1525 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 1.77% or 340 points to 18900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 164 to 156 and 127 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $48.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.95 to trade at $1270.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.66% to 3.8388, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 4.3290.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 94.70.