Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 3.87% or 272 points to trade at 7294 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 2.42% or 195 points to end at 8260 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 2.10% or 26.0 points to 1263.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 2.76% or 10.7 points to trade at 377.0 in late trade. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 2.50% or 166 points to end at 6480 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) shed 1.27% or 70 points to 5460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 205 to 181 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 3.65% or 1.70 to $48.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.25% or 1.83 to hit $58.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.70 to trade at $1258.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.7564, while EUR/ILS rose 0.43% to 4.2906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 96.143.