Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shufersal (TA:SAE), which rose 5.13% or 114 points to trade at 2335 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.63% or 48 points to end at 1372 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.58% or 1.0 points to 39.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which lost 4.36% or 110 points to trade at 2415 in late trade. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 3.63% or 50 points to end at 1326 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 2.24% or 870 points to 37890.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 231 to 156 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.07% or 1.38 to $68.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.37% or 1.79 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1300.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.48% to 3.5756, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.1526.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 94.32.