Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Biomed and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.56% or 164 points to trade at 4770 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) added 3.33% or 68 points to end at 2109 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was up 2.17% or 1060 points to 49970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 4.68% or 24.0 points to trade at 489.0 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.44% or 830 points to end at 56640 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) shed 1.23% or 24 points to 1930.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 191 and 23 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.46% or 0.83 to $57.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.45% or 0.28 to hit $62.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.12 to trade at $1288.82 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.02% to 3.5154, while EUR/ILS rose 0.37% to 4.1430.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 93.45.