Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 7.24% or 1010 points to trade at 14960 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 4.53% or 670 points to end at 15460 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 2.71% or 1000 points to 37940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 4.21% or 780 points to trade at 17730 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 3.92% or 140 points to end at 3430 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 2.04% or 340 points to 16360.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 104 and 109 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.84% or 0.38 to $44.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.85% or 0.39 to hit $45.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.13% or 14.35 to trade at $1288.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.29% to 3.8162, while EUR/ILS fell 0.50% to 4.1783.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 98.29.