Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.68% or 127 points to trade at 3577 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 2.62% or 420 points to end at 16450 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.88% or 87 points to 4726 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.24% or 430 points to trade at 34300 in late trade. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 1.01% or 380 points to end at 37150 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 0.57% or 110 points to 19230.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 225 to 125 and 97 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.22% or 0.10 to $44.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.40% or 5.45 to trade at $1348.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.7501, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 4.2166.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 94.94.