Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 2.86% or 370 points to trade at 13300 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 2.30% or 320 points to end at 14240 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 2.19% or 117 points to 5464 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Osem (TA:OSEM), which lost 1.07% or 86 points to trade at 7989 in late trade. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 0.84% or 16 points to end at 1894 and Discount (TA:DSCT) shed 0.75% or 4.8 points to 632.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 195 to 149 and 109 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.29% or 1.20 to $37.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.75% or 1.09 to hit $40.74 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.69% or 8.70 to trade at $1254.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.8973, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 4.2912.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 97.11.