Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 3.58% or 270 points to trade at 7810 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 2.72% or 4.6 points to end at 174.0 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was up 2.68% or 1160 points to 44410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 4.60% or 59 points to trade at 1225 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 4.07% or 282 points to end at 6646 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.79% or 19 points to 1045.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 238 to 141 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.40 to $66.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $76.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1233.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.28% to 3.6814, while EUR/ILS fell 0.41% to 4.1956.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 96.11.