Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Poalim (TA:POLI), which rose 3.38% or 82 points to trade at 2510 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 3.12% or 195 points to end at 6447 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 2.24% or 46 points to 2100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 6.03% or 346 points to trade at 5393 in late trade. Harel (TA:HARL) declined 1.77% or 47 points to end at 2601 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) shed 1.75% or 720 points to 40350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 224 to 173 and 26 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.50% or 0.31 to $62.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.78% or 0.54 to hit $68.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1295.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.56% to 3.6002, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.0484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.590.