Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.99% or 480 points to trade at 16550 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.03% or 124 points to end at 6222 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.66% or 990 points to 60690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which lost 1.87% or 310 points to trade at 16260 in late trade. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) declined 1.62% or 980 points to end at 59360 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) shed 1.36% or 9.8 points to 710.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 170 to 148 and 126 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.14% or 1.58 to $51.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.59% or 1.34 to hit $53.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.61% or 7.65 to trade at $1270.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.8283, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.00% to 4.1974.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 97.81.