Israel shares higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.72%

Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.72%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 4.13% or 35.30 points to trade at 890.00 at the close. Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 3.31% or 68.00 points to end at 2,121.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.67% or 92.00 points to 3,534.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which lost 2.25% or 690.00 points to trade at 29,960.00 in late trade. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 1.56% or 1,000.00 points to end at 63,000.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) shed 1.54% or 670.00 points to 42,780.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 264 to 184 and 92 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.22% or 0.90 to $72.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.35% or 1.04 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 6.20 to trade at $2,629.20 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.77, while EUR/ILS fell 0.12% to 4.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 102.61.