Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.11% or 280 points to trade at 13520 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) added 1.55% or 300 points to end at 19600 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 1.53% or 2.4 points to 159.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT), which lost 1.70% or 410 points to trade at 23670 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.59% or 137 points to end at 8470 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) shed 0.93% or 64 points to 6830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 244 to 157 and 99 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.25 to $43.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $46.18 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.02 to trade at $1246.52 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.5431, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 3.9487.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.35.