Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.76% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 6.47% or 4130 points to trade at 68000 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) added 4.72% or 2310 points to end at 51210 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 4.55% or 50 points to 1150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 4.28% or 233 points to trade at 5214 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.81% or 17 points to end at 910 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 0.99% or 200 points to 20050.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 256 to 122 and 40 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.91% or 0.58 to $64.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.53% or 1.08 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.55 to trade at $1311.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.5795, while EUR/ILS rose 0.15% to 4.0344.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.558.