Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 8.15% or 1240 points to trade at 16460 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 4.74% or 860 points to end at 18990 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 4.68% or 950 points to 21250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 0.67% or 21 points to trade at 3132 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 0.24% or 60 points to end at 25230 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) shed 0.13% or 5 points to 3785.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 283 to 103 and 56 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $56.54 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.25 to trade at $1244.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.6517, while EUR/ILS fell 0.01% to 3.8551.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 101.69.