Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 4.02% or 720 points to trade at 18630 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 1.85% or 140 points to end at 7720 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.62% or 113 points to 7083 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 2.35% or 13.6 points to trade at 564.5 in late trade. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 1.66% or 250 points to end at 14810 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.34% or 21 points to 1551.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 220 to 174 and 25 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.90% or 0.58 to $63.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.76% or 0.52 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.10 to trade at $1341.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.4100, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 88.72.