Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 2.06% or 33 points to trade at 1632 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 1.46% or 210 points to end at 14600 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.23% or 800 points to 65800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which lost 1.76% or 360 points to trade at 20050 in late trade. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 1.50% or 310 points to end at 20400 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) shed 1.42% or 240 points to 16690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 239 to 132 and 70 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.50% or 0.26 to $52.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.49% or 0.27 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.33% or 3.85 to trade at $1165.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.32% to 3.8525, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 4.0364.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 102.59.