Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 4.51% or 3350 points to trade at 77680 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 3.88% or 690 points to end at 18490 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 3.44% or 46 points to 1385 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 3.47% or 130 points to trade at 3620 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 0.94% or 350 points to end at 36860 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 0.84% or 130 points to 15360.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 176 to 127 and 136 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.66% or 0.33 to $49.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $50.29 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1269.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.8525, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 4.3473.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 93.92.