Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 4.07% or 780 points to trade at 19930 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) added 2.84% or 49 points to end at 1773 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 2.65% or 530 points to 20520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which lost 1.62% or 700 points to trade at 42400 in late trade. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 1.48% or 93 points to end at 6205 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 1.15% or 27 points to 2327.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 261 to 140 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.91% or 0.44 to $47.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.08% or 0.55 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1248.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.39% to 3.6478, while EUR/ILS rose 0.30% to 3.9398.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.48.