Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 5.85% or 5050 points to trade at 91400 at the close. Avner L (TA:AVNRp) added 5.35% or 11.5 points to end at 226.5 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 4.70% or 97 points to 2162 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.69% or 610 points to trade at 22080 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.23% or 1390 points to end at 61080 and Osem (TA:OSEM) shed 0.54% or 41 points to 7608.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 241 to 88 and 114 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.70% or 0.34 to $48.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.09% or 0.56 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1146.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.29% to 3.8457, while EUR/ILS fell 0.60% to 4.3215.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.65.